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unknown succulent flower

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By Sandra


unknown succulent flower

any ideas???



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This is beautiful Sandra,sorry cant help you with a name.....

6 Oct, 2009

 

thanks Janette.
it is so lovely and very textured. i have posted a uestion so hopefully someone will know.

6 Oct, 2009

 

leopard print flowers now lol, lovely sandra

6 Oct, 2009

 

its amazing San ive never seen anything like it before...;-))

6 Oct, 2009

 

i just found one but not sure its the same sandra, huernia piersii, look it up and see, slightly differant i think

6 Oct, 2009

 

huernia is what i found first San but now i have four names....orbia....caralluma and stapelia just to add to this mystery....thanks for your help;-))

6 Oct, 2009

 

It's Stapelia veriegata. I have one.

6 Oct, 2009

 

thank you Hywel...ill be able to sleep now...he he he

6 Oct, 2009

 

:o)

6 Oct, 2009

 

yw sandra, and well done hywel another mistery solved :o)

6 Oct, 2009

Sid
Sid
 

Weirdy!!! It looks like something meat-eating you'd find growing in the jungle!

7 Oct, 2009

 

it smells a bit gone off meaty.......fly polinated...

7 Oct, 2009

 

very nice Sandra...looks like a sea creature....

7 Oct, 2009

Sid
Sid
 

I was going to ask if it had a bad smell ;-)

8 Oct, 2009

 

its going over now. but the petals are very textured to touch..ive so enjo it...hope it does it again next year...

8 Oct, 2009

 

Is this the one that smells like meat?

9 Oct, 2009

 

yes it is Tt. its not that strong a smell. the bueaty outdoes its fragrance.

9 Oct, 2009

 

Ah, fond memories. I had this (now called Orbea variegata) as a kid. It's sometimes called the Starfish Cactus. Not remotely related to the true Cacti of course but the flower does look like a starfish.

9 Oct, 2009

 

i like the starfish name..;-)) so its a stapelia that has changed into an Orbea...i wish they would make their minds up.....

10 Oct, 2009

 

Lovely very unusual indeed

11 Oct, 2009

 

It does not look real, love it......very exotic.

20 Nov, 2009

 

im sp looking forward to more flowers next years....

20 Nov, 2009

 

Oh yes.........

21 Nov, 2009

 

This is the corpse flower isn't it? Big, lovely, and smelly. A good one still. :-)

20 Dec, 2009

 

thats it....but worth the smell for such a great flower

20 Dec, 2009

 

So you have to hold your nose when you go near it?

20 Dec, 2009



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