When learning that this plant was in cultivation John Lavranos wrote: "It is thrilling to know that a plant collected May 31, 1971 is still in cultivation and proof, if this were really needed, of what contributions the hobby can make to conservation, in the true sense of the term! This plant was collected near a place called Bumbeni, on the southern end of the Lebombo Hills, a range 300 miles or so long, which forms the border between Mozambique and South Africa and extends South into Natal. It was growing on very rocky, East facing slopes. The climate is very warm with very light frosts at night, in winter. Plants were quite common in 1971. however, all have now disappeared it seems. The reason for this was certainly not commercial collecting for the hobby but rather commercial collecting for medicinal purposes, as the plant is prized by African traditional medicine. Your plant, I'm afraid is now a true museum specimen the more so as this form does not seem to sucker. At the time is was identified as var. keithii. Plants in the wild were solitary. We found none with offsets or suckers. My collection refers to a number of clones. These were all growing within a very limited area. I only collected the species once more, in 1956, East of Barberton, but doubt that it is surviving in cultivation."