What is that smell???
What sort of smell do you think this flower would possess? A hint would be the insect below.
In Australia this is called the Dead Horse Plant. It is a Carrion flower from South Africa, the Star Flower Stapelia Variegata, a cactus-like succulent with a stench of rotting meat.
I picked up this plant at a school fete to add to my succulent collection before it had any flowers. Now, lots of flower buds are about to open…not sure how I feel about that!
Even though I’m an old Sydney girl, it’s good to be back home.
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Cool plant, very exotic to me as a Canuck! Don’t know if I would want that smell around either though. It would be interesting next to a Venus fly trap.
Oooh they stink, I remember them in new Guinea. they look exotic though. glad you are home safe and sound. It must be hard living so far away when your mum is sick.
Sharon, it’s quite exotic to me as well (that smell!) - I’m sure the Venus Fly Trap would appreciate it as a neighbour!
Diane, do you have many photos of the plants/flowers from PNG? It would be a botonist’s dream come true. Thanks for your kind thoughts. Hope Sydney is treating you well!
How is it possible that such a beautiful bloom can turn the stomach so!
Get shots of the flower, clear and crisp though apparently not the air around it
Darn wish I had gotten your advise before I grabbed the gesso and started over on that collage!
Thanks Brenda - hope the collage turned out the way you hoped in the end!
Oh, the carrion flower!
I had a different variety, and would watch ~very~ closely and put it outside when it bloomed
Stinky, amazing plant!