Dioscorea elephantipes Crassulaceae but yellow is pretty rare

but yellow is pretty rare in my experience

It reminds me of the red lights on an airport runway

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

In low light the plant is green

In late summer/early fall they flower

Dioscorea elephantipes Crassulaceae but yellow is pretty rareDioscorea 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