Bought from Doug Rowlands seeds about 15 years ago as Stapelia Hirstuita, Never thought too much about it but the flowers were never that hairy (although variable between plants), now Im looking to correctly ID it. Seems all the Stapelias are 4 sided stems, this one has 6 sided stems.... Am I right on that?
Any ideas? The flowers split and tear on EVERY flower on every cutting ever made, so its not just an odd shaped flower
Maybe it's a hybrid? I don't recognise it, and am no expert by any means, but Stapelias do hybridise quite readily, so seed provenance isn't always as it should be.
Thanks, Im aware that they are all fairly variable and hybridisable (is that a word?), its just the hexagonal 6 sided stems than now make me think it ISNT a hirsuita, and the flowers of hirsuitas are much more elongated at the stem end compared to photos of all the others i have seen online....
Looking for a correct name before I sell these grown on cuttings in my shop!
This one seems to be a geniune Hirsuita.... You can clearly see the major differences...
That well may be it. I've recently acquired a Stapelia x Tavaresia hybrid under the name of 'Starfish' but the photo I have seen is not like yours. It's quite conceivable that there are several such hybrids around, possibly created in Eastern Europe. Just a thought.
