stapelia
/stəˈpiːlɪə
/noun
A succulent African plant with large star-shaped fleshy flowers that have bold markings and a fetid carrion-like smell which attracts pollinating flies. Also called carrion flower.
- Genus Stapelia, family Asclepiadaceae.
- The official name is stapelia leendertziae and it started blooming about 3 weeks ago.
- The garden has fairly comprehensive collections of succulent plants like haworthias, gasterias, stapelias, huernias, duvalias, adeniums, pachypodiums, tylecodons, lithops and other mesembs.
Origin
Modern Latin, named after Jan Bode von Stapel (died 1636), Dutch botanist.
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