Stapelia gigantea

Oh my goodness! My first starfish flower has finally bloomed 💚 I've been waiting since last year for this stinky moment!! 😊 #starfishsucculent

That is so beautiful!!

@cara4891 isn't it?!!!! 😍

Help me identify this plant

This is a Starfish Plant🌸

This stinky beauty is #Stapelia grandiflora. #succulent #stapeliagrandiflora #blooming ❤

@alexiseames oh my goodness! It sure is!! Thank you, so much! Such a beautiful flower!!!

@lovestogarden is it really a stinky beauty? The flower dried out and didn't get a chance to smell it. Lol

Yes! It smells a bit nasty and there are usually a minimum of three flies on them, well, until I try to take a 📷. 😂 Pull it open and smell. It might have kept some. 😨 Flies are it's pollinator. ❤

@jessah11 @greenroomgarden here's an example of a stapelia -- see the regular structure of the green cactus part? (I'll find you a huernia example in a moment)

@sushiwaitress Thanks for the comparison! Okay, this guy I know; a tiny one’s growing on my windowsill. Very slowly. That’s a gorgeous example, @echavez!

@greenroomgarden yeah it really is a nice big one!