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- Posted by cactusmcharris 4 / Interior BC (My Page) on Tue, Sep 4, 12 at 17:54
| AKA Stapelia gigantea (the more commonly-used synonym, I believe). Nice plant, complete with carrion-smell-loving flies - what's not to like? |
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- Posted by plantmasterm z7 (My Page) on Tue, Sep 4, 12 at 18:23
| thanks for correcting my id, I seem to be having a very hard time getting these id's right, but I must tell you I get them all from the internet and check up to six sites before I decide what plant it is..I've got at least 10 more blooms to go |
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| Those enormous flowers are gorgeous in a putrid kinda way, aren't they? When I had a large Stapelia endowed with many buds decide to bloom pretty much all at once, it took every bit of my powers of coercion to get a couple of students to move the plant from the greenhouse to outside....ANYWHERE but the greenhouse. Those blue bottle flies sure don't waste any time, do they? Yuk. I managed to talk my secretary, with her long, painted fingernails and shiny jewelry, to be my "hand model " in some close-up shots. Nice touch, don't you think? Thanks for posting this....it really is a favorite of mine.
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Mine have been blooming on and off for few weeks. This summer I made sure I moved them out of the greenhouse before they bloomed. I had about 6 flowers open at the same time last summer and I couldn't walk into the greenhouse without holding my breath. That was the only time I was happy the GH was full of ants because they ate all the maggots (white things in pic) that hatched in the flowers, gross!  |
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- Posted by plantmasterm z7 (My Page) on Tue, Sep 4, 12 at 20:42
| yes, very putrid..I guess I could cut the buds off, what do you think rhizo and karyn, will it harm the plant in any way..I think its beautiful without the flowers. |
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- Posted by pirate_girl Zone7 NYC (My Page) on Tue, Sep 4, 12 at 22:05
| Hey PMM, Just wanted to share that when it comes to IDing Stapeliads & their ilk, you'd do well to check out Dr. Barad & related site Stapeliads, Orchids of the Succulent World. Sorry I don't know to provide a link, but should you have choices of ID, you'd do well to rely on his. If you already know about him & his site, well then to quote the late Gilda Radner as Emily Latella 'nevermind'. |
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- Posted by pirate_girl Zone7 NYC (My Page) on Tue, Sep 4, 12 at 22:11
| Forgot to say, that really is an amazing bloom you've got there, congratulations indeed! |
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- Posted by cactusmcharris 4 / Interior BC (My Page) on Tue, Sep 4, 12 at 22:27
| karyn, Great shot! pm, It's by no means the most putrid - there are lots more foul-smelling ones, and there are some (such as in the link) that are odder than most succulent milkweeds (Asclepiads) - check the link for one. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Viper's Head
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- Posted by cactusmcharris 4 / Interior BC (My Page) on Tue, Sep 4, 12 at 22:34
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| Plantmast, you will do the plant absolutely no harm by removing the buds. Just do so cleanly with a sharp implement. |
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| It doesn't harm the plant to remove the flowers but I actually like them, even with the smell and maggots. I love that Viper's Head. I was so upset that I lost my Pseudolithos migiurtinus last month. A slug or maybe a snail ate a hole and rot set in. |
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- Posted by kaktuskris 6 NH (barharbor75@yahoo.com) on Wed, Sep 5, 12 at 21:22
| My Stapelia is one of the few reliable bloomers I possess. I certainly would not remove the blooms...but mine is a different species...S.gettleffii. Christopher |
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| Very pretty!! Congrats! :) |
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- Posted by plantmasterm z7 (My Page) on Fri, Sep 7, 12 at 20:41
| Very nice..love that bloom |
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