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2 Stapeliads in flower
One of the advantages of Stapeliads is that the flowers are still open at the end of a day when you return home after work. These 2 were in flower today; Orbea carnosa ssp keithii and Stapelia cedrimontana.
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Aiko
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Re: 2 Stapeliads in flower Solved
Do they smell 'nice''?
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Wiebe
Re: 2 Stapeliads in flower
Nothing to smell from a distance, only when you put your nose close to the flower there is an unpleasant smell.
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Herts Mike
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Re: 2 Stapeliads in flower
Here's 2 more-
Stapelia leendertziae-
Hoodia pilifera which has been flowering since April-
Stapelia leendertziae-
Hoodia pilifera which has been flowering since April-
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Diane
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Re: 2 Stapeliads in flower
You certainly wouldn't want to put your nose anywhere NEAR S. leendertziae!!!
Diane - member of Kingston branch
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Re: 2 Stapeliads in flower
Super photo's, love that Pilifera -it's huge !!. Did you grow if from seed, how old is it.
had that flower once & flies did lay eggs in there- yeuck.S. leendertziae
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varied collection of succulents and cacti but I especially like Euphorbia's, Ariocarpus and variegated agaves.
Bucks, UK
Branch co-ordinator, Northants & MK BCSS https://northants.bcss.org.uk
BCSS Talk team member, contact me- BCSS.Talk@Gmail.com if you want to volunteer or suggest a speaker plz.
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Wiebe
Re: 2 Stapeliads in flower
That's a huge 'leendertziae' flower Mike! Flowers in my clone of that species are much smaller.
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Herts Mike
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Re: 2 Stapeliads in flower
I don't have particularly big hands...
The smell is not too bad actually. Far smaller flowers have far bigger smells.
Pilifera is about 9 years old from seed. It needs a surprsingly large amount of water and in the picture it is leaning because it needs water. It's now nice and upright again.
The smell is not too bad actually. Far smaller flowers have far bigger smells.
Pilifera is about 9 years old from seed. It needs a surprsingly large amount of water and in the picture it is leaning because it needs water. It's now nice and upright again.
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Wiebe
Re: 2 Stapeliads in flower
Still a few days and my 'leendertziae' will be in flower.
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