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It's the time of year when the Asclepiadacea start to flower, and a few Huernias have obliged this week:

Huernia piersii: Huernia campanulata:
Huernia somalica hybrid:
Huernia plowesii: Huernia hislopii: Huernia clavigera: And a Stapelia with no ID - might be a hybrid:

Lovely Stapelia flower Diane.

Nice. I;ve got quite a few buds coming.

Over the last couple of weeks. a few more flowers have bloomed.

First up is a plant acquired simply as Huernia sp. I am 90% certain it is a hybrid, and from perusal of the web, possibly H. zebrina var. magniflora x H. saudi-arabica which bears a strong resemblance. Whatever it is it's a very nice flower - this was taken the day it opened, the lobes reflexed on subsequent days:
Next is H. zebrina ssp. zebrina with nicely marked flower: This is Orbea semota a new one for me, and a rather smelly flower: Lastly for now, Stapelianthus pilosus, a bit tricky to grow and with very small flowers that hide away (about 10mm across): Lots more buds coming, and I'll update this thread as and when they flower.

Three more to add, first is Orbea pulchella (which was wrongly labelled, but I'm pretty sure it is O. pulchella): Next is x Staparesia meintjessii formerly Tavaresia meintjessii: And Stapelia cedrimontana:

Lovely Diane. Thanks and well done!

Wonderful flowers and nice compact plants (or so it seems), Diane.

Lovely flowers Diane. Mine are just coming into flower too.

Update with a few more flowers from the last couple of weeks. (Excuse fingers in a couple of shots!)
This is Huernia pendula: Huernia sudanensis: Huernia x pendurata: Piaranthus geminatus: And a rather nice hybrid of Stapelia gettleffii x Tavaresia 'Starfish' which took ages to develop: I don't think there will be many more now the weather is getting colder, but who knows!

...And one I forgot - Huerniopsis atrosanguinea which only stays open for a day, with velvety flowers: