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I bought this from Plant Life labelled H. sudanica. Which it appears doesn't exist. Doesn't look completely like H. sudanensis. I'm thinking H.mccoyi, now. Can anyone twist sideways sigh, and confirm/disagree, please? It's whiter than the photo and the lines are dark red.

McCoyi looks most likely but I wouldn't rule out sudanensis.

Thanks, Mike. Anyone else have a view?

I have it too, and thought it should beH. sudanensis, but it does look very much like H. McCoyii

Diane wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 2:11 pm I have it too, and thought it should beH. sudanensis, but it does look very much like H. McCoyii

I assume you've got mccoyi, because you kindly gave me a cutting, so maybe you could take pics of both and compare later? The tips of the flowers look exactly like the pic of mccoyi in Pilbeam's book: in sudanensis pics on the Net they look slightly different.

rotated for you ...

Oh, thank you! I wish I could have done that!

The thing is that the Pilbeam book only shows one flower but if you look at Peter Bruyns book Stapeliads of Southern Africa and Madagscar, at Huernia thuretii for example there is a great range of different flower forms depending on where they are from.

Herts Mike wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 3:24 pm The thing is that the Pilbeam book only shows one flower but if you look at Peter Bruyns book Stapeliads of Southern Africa and Madagscar, at Huernia thuretii for example there is a great range of different flower forms depending on where they are from.

I wish I had that book! What species do you think it is?

It isn't in there. Sudanensis and mccoyii are outside the range of the book.

I still fancy sudanensis more likely.