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Some Stapeliads today

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A few Stapeliads are starting to flower now, so I thought I’d share.

First is what I’m pretty sure is a Huernia hybrid, ‘Speckled Jim’ - no label, and one I thought I had lost:
Huernia ‘Speckled Jim’
Huernia ‘Speckled Jim’
Orbea semota more yellow in real life:
Orbea semota
Orbea semota
Huernia volkartii v. repens:
Huernia volkartii v. repens
Huernia volkartii v. repens
A rather washed-out Huernia insigniflora:
Huernia insigniflora
Huernia insigniflora
Huernia boleana:
Huernia boleana
Huernia boleana
Huernia transvaalensis just opening:
Huernia transvaalensis
Huernia transvaalensis
Huernia transvaalensis
Huernia transvaalensis
And Orbea wissmannii which seems to be pretty indestructible:
Orbea wissmannii
Orbea wissmannii
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Excellent Diane! But don't get overoptimistic - O. wismannii is not indestructible in my experience. :sad: Yours is certainly flowering well, I must say. And my new one is doing OK too...
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Agree Ralph, hope I haven’t tempted fate!
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Thanks, Diane, an excellent selection of interesting flowers.
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Huernia 'Speckled Jim' was a hybrid from Miles Anderson in Tucson, named after a pigeon!

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Lovely show Diane.

For some reason my semota has stopped flowering. But that's Stapeliads for you.
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Speckled Jim was General Melchett’s favourite carrier pigeon unfortunately shot and eaten by Blackadder.
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Thanks for the info, Stuart.
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Here's my Huernia hystrix in flower. The first bud is a bit cramped but there are many more coming through.
Huernia hystrix
Huernia hystrix
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