Monadenium ritchei is one of the most beautiful and desirable of the genus. This species is from the Meru District of Kenya, and subspecies nyambense differs in its prolific offsetting and rebranching of stems. Easy to grow, it forms short, thick, succulent stems with small spines, and it offsets freely and produces large, beautifully variegated leaves. The cyathia are pink with red glands. These plants are rooted cuttings in 4-inch pots.
