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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: A first time flowering for me - Caralluma europea - very small (about 1 cm) flowers, which are NOT nose-friendly - they smell pretty awful! 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!) 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.

Almost forgot this one - Huernia plowesii, a lovely "life-buoy" flower:

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 .

They look great, I especially love the atrosanguinea.

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.

They are lovely Diane and it is always nice to have late flowers.

Absolutely STUNNING :-) thanks so much for sharing Diane :-) XXXXX

Really lovely pictures. Thanks!

I keep my Tavaresia at 12c. Not enough?

That's a bit borderline, Mike. My propagator is set to maintain 20C, so maybe 15C would be safer if you can manage that.

Thanks Diane. It's put a fair bit of growth on this summer and I would hate to lose it.