Dioscorea elephantipes Crassulaceae In the winter plant will

In the winter plant will go dormant and drop its leaves

it is less rot prone than the normal form or the species

but yellow is pretty rare in my experience

The bulbs are reddish purple

Dioscorea elephantipes Crassulaceae In the winter plant willDioscorea elephantipes Family: Dioscoreaceae. A nice vining caudiciform from South Africa. The caudex is brown and smooth when young but in time becomes cracked and takes on a tortoise shell appearance. Well grown plants in the ground can develop a caudex 3' diameter or larger! But in a pot a reasonable expectation is 6" 1' diameter when mature. Can grow year round but is more of a cool season grower and often goes dormant in summer. Water regularly