R90.56
Stapelia grandiflora 14cm
Common names include: carrion flowers, starfish flower, toad plant, and zulu plant.
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Description
Stapelia grandiflora, a native to South Africa,
is a succulent plant with 4-angled, finely hairy, erect or decumbent stems, forming a large compact clump. The stems are thick, fleshy, unusually gray-green, up to 30 cm long, up to 4 cm thick, and with tubercles widely spaced along the ribs.
The starfish-shaped flowers usually have strongly recurved lobes and are up to 22 cm across. They are intermittently produced throughout the late summer and fall. The lobes are yellow with purple, becoming uniformly pink-purplish towards the tips, and have white hairs on the margins. Fruits are typical twin seed horns and often do not appear until a year later.
