This is third time lucky for Huernia hystrix for me. Many years ago, I ordered one from Toobees. When they fulfilled the order, the only bit they had was virtually dead. They sent it to me for free, warning me that it might revive if I was very lucky but it would probably die. It took a little while to shrivel completely, but they were right. Last year (as I write this) I ordered one from a Hungarian supplier on Ebay. The plant arrived very healthy and I got it to flower very easily. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a beautiful, healthy Orbea variegata. The seller offered to replace it, but the spidermite that came with the first order had cost me £21 to eliminate immediately, so I passed on that.
The plant is supposed to be one of the easier stapeliads and I certainly had no problems with it.
There is a lot more detail in the full-size image, I would recommend opening [edited to add: the link in the bottom left of the image] in another window and zooming in. The flower is a shade over 5cm across and the flowerstalk is about 7½ cm.
The bud is quite a lovely little piece of architecture, too. Unfortunately, it hid itself among the stems for the last few days and I didn't want to disturb it. Here is a photo from Wednesday when it was significantly smaller.
Happy New Year, everybody!
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