Stapelianthus decaryi
Huernia pillansii
Huernia pendurata
More Stapeliads in flower
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More Stapeliads in flower
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Re: More Stapeliads in flower
I think the first one is Orbeanthus hardyi Mike.
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Re: More Stapeliads in flower
I agree with Mike, Orbeanthus hardyi.
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Re: More Stapeliads in flower
Here's one of mine - Duvalia sulcata
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Re: More Stapeliads in flower
Furrowed like a ploughed field, I see. Another that justifies the specific name.
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Re: More Stapeliads in flower
I’m sure Pattock will confirm or deny but I think the last picture should be Huernia x pendurata, a cross between Huernia pillansii and Huernia pendula.
Great flower.
Great flower.
Re: More Stapeliads in flower
I am not an expert, I just read too much. I did once look this up and could not find any publication of the name. I was intrigued because I knew pandurata from growing Boesenbergia pandurata, a ginger relative. Lewis and Short knew of no Latin words starting with "pendu" except for pendulus. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/tex ... 3DpendulusHerts Mike wrote: ↑Tue Jun 01, 2021 7:49 pm I’m sure Pattock will confirm or deny but I think the last picture should be Huernia x pendurata, a cross between Huernia pillansii and Huernia pendula.
Great flower.
It does appear to be a hybrid and some people think it is between Huernia pillansii and Huernia pendula. Perhaps we should take into account the vegetative parts as well? The distinctive almost Hoodia-ish tubercles of Huernia pillansii seem not to have been inherited at all.
But wouldn't the name somebody chose for it be a better fit for a hybrid of Huernia pendula and Huernia barbata or Huernia oculata? Not a perfect fit but I assume they were neither a botanist nor a Latin grammarian.
So, should it be Huernia "pendurata", Huernia x pendurata or Huernia pendurata Hort.? Could it just be a sport of Huernia pendula, whether from a nursery or the wild? Or even a new species?
What a shame 23andMe only do DNA tests for one species.
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Re: More Stapeliads in flower
Huernia x pendurata is a cross between H. hystrix and H. pendula.
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Re: More Stapeliads in flower
Great flower Ralph. Theirs a lot going on with that one.
I've only got three or four stapeliads.
Echidnopsis cereiform was flowering today.
Thanks Mike for your pics, and the thread.
Stapeliad flowers are facinating.
I've only got three or four stapeliads.
Echidnopsis cereiform was flowering today.
Thanks Mike for your pics, and the thread.
Stapeliad flowers are facinating.