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Habitat:
Avonia Quinaria is a species of dwarf succulent plant and comes from the same family as “Portulacaceae”. The original habitat is at the Namibia, South Africa, which surround by deserts. It normally grows on the flush surface with a lot of sunlight or in the hollowed rock. The habitat weather is also very dry and cool.

Characteristics:
Avonia Quinaria has a turnip-shape of caudex. The size caudex can grow from 2.5 to 8 centimeters in diameter, and the caudex height can be from 2.5 to 3 centimeters tall. It has many thin branches with the long spherical crown shape on the top of caudex. There are also some exceptional Avonia Quinaria, which can grow over 15 centimeters in diameters of caudex, but it usually takes several decades to grow them. The overall leaves grow surrounding the branches, and it has an overlap semi-orbicular flattish shape.

The flowers usually have carmine red, pink and white color. The flower buds grow on the top edge point of leaf, and it can be self-fertile. So it can produce seeds by only single plant. The biggest size of the white flowers (Avonia Quinaria sub. Alstionii) can even reach 3 centimeters. The duration of the bloom flowers is around 2 hours, with the maximum of 3 to 4 hours.

Reference:
Avonia quinaria (E.Mey. ex Fenzl) G.D.Rowley

[http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/SUCCULENTS/Family/Portulacaceae/25186/Avonia_quinaria_subs._alstonii Avonia quinaria subs. alstonii (Schönland) G.D.Rowley]

How to Grow and Care for Avonia