A few late summer Asclepiad flowers

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A few late summer Asclepiad flowers

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Late summer is a good time for various Asclepiads, and I've been really pleased to see these:

This is Huerniopsis atrosanguinea - which makes a rather sprawling plant, but the flowers are wonderful, with a matte texture, and unusually last only one day normally. This photo was taken on the third day, no doubt because of cooler temperatures, but within 3 hours of taking this photo it had closed. Apologies for the rather over exposed photo:
Huerniopsis atrosanguinea
Huerniopsis atrosanguinea
A first time flowering for me - Caralluma europea - very small (about 1 cm) flowers, which are NOT nose-friendly - they smell pretty awful!
Caralluma europea
Caralluma europea
I'm always thrilled to see Tavaresia barklyi in flower - two out now and another two buds to come, this lives in the propagator all year (to be on the safe side!)
Tavaresia barklyi
Tavaresia barklyi
Tavaresia barklyi
Tavaresia barklyi
And lastly, Stapelianthus pilosus which has a well-deserved reputation for being tricky. It's another one which lives in the propagator year round. Another small-flowered plant, less than 1 cm across.
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Re: A few late summer Asclepiad flowers

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Almost forgot this one - Huernia plowesii, a lovely "life-buoy" flower:
Huernia plowesii
Huernia plowesii
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Re: A few late summer Asclepiad flowers

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wow, certainly looking good.
My favourite has to be the Huernia plowesii, Tavaresia is one that I actually keep, mine was left for several weeks in the garden but has survived & only lost two segments to the cold.
Your camera has good macro facilities, I need to get a better one .
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They look great, I especially love the atrosanguinea.
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Tina - I did a little basic editing, tweaking brightness, contrast and sharpening, before cropping, all done in Windows Live Photo Gallery, which gives a much improved image.
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They are lovely Diane and it is always nice to have late flowers.
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Absolutely STUNNING :-) thanks so much for sharing Diane :-) XXXXX
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Really lovely pictures. Thanks!

I keep my Tavaresia at 12c. Not enough?
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That's a bit borderline, Mike. My propagator is set to maintain 20C, so maybe 15C would be safer if you can manage that.
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Thanks Diane. It's put a fair bit of growth on this summer and I would hate to lose it.
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