Parachute plant
Ceropegia sandersonii
Also called Fountain flower, Umbrella plant (ceropegia) and Ceropegia sandersonii
Houseplant · Succulents & cactiA twining vine from a tuber, and the flower is the plant: a green tube that widens into a parachute canopy held up on five fringed struts, a trap that holds a fly overnight and lets it go dusted with pollen. It needs a hoop to climb.
Care at a glance
- Ease
- Medium
- Water
- Every 12 daysSoak, then bone-dry — wait until the soil is dry right through — lift the pot, it tells you.
- Light
- Bright indirect
- Feed
- Every 60 days
- Humidity
- Average
- Hardiness
- Indoors, or out in high summer RHS H1B, to 10°C
- Size
- 1.5 m tall · 0.3 m across
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Origin
- Mozambique and South Africa
Is it safe for pets and people?
No animal-poison authority lists this plant either way.
Nobody has checked this one against a source for us yet, so treat it as unknown rather than safe.
Checked against ASPCA and RHS on 2026-09-21. Where a source says nothing, we say nothing.
A guide, not veterinary or medical advice. If a pet or a person has eaten a plant and you are worried, call your vet or doctor now — don’t wait for signs to appear. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.