Species in the section Campylia.
Flower petals can be pink to nearly white, with darker veins on upper petals.
Leaves more leatherly than P. ovale.
(Grown from seed).
P. elegans
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P. abrotanifolium x P. reniforme
A nice compact hybrid with scented leaves and a trailing habit.
Both parent plants from section Reniformia.
(I don’t know who is behind this hybrid).
Some favourites
P. anethifolium x P. fulgidum
Hybridizer; Mike Brown, Australia.
‘Ardens’
‘Ardens’ is an old cultivar, a cross between P. fulgidum and P. lobatum, introduced in 1817. It was hybridized by Lee, Hammersmith UK, 1810.
‘Lawranceanum’
Another old hybrid of P. lobatum from ca. 1827.
‘Schottii’
The third old hybrid that is believed to have P. fulgidum and P. lobatum as parents – before 1869.
‘Edmond’
My own grown variety from 2011 – a seedling of P. gibbosum ‘Maroon’.
‘Inigo’
My own hybrid from 2016 – ‘Flora Midnight’ x ‘Lara Oracle’.
P. ovale x P. tricolor
A hybrid that originates from seeds from South Africa, around 2006.
P. mirabile
Section Cortusina.
Species / variety of P. crassicaule with brown red-ish stems. Grown from seed.
P. lanceolatum
Section Glaucophyllum.
Easily recognized by the upright lanceolate leaves.
P. exstipulatum
Section Reniformia.
Small plant with woody stems, and sticky scented leaves.
P. denticulatum ‘Filicifolium’
Cultivated form of the species with finely divided leaves. The upper petals of this cultivar are also divided.
The leaves are sticky and have some scent.
P. denticulatum belongs to the section Pelargonium.
P. grandiflorum
Species in the section Glaucophyllum.
Got this as P. grandiflorum, but this is probably a hybrid and not the true species.
Updated June 2024.
P. boranense
Species in the section Ciconium, previous placed in Jenkinsonia.
Named after Borana in Ethiopia, where it was first found in 1972.
Large orange-red flowers with darker markings.
Dormant in winter – needs higher temperatures than the pelargoniums endemic to South Africa.
Succulent stem with leaf bases. The leaves get quite thick.
Young plant.
P. echinatum x P. gibbosum
Primary hybrid with succulent stems and white flowers – upper petals with blotches.