Stapelia Grandiflora

My mealybug solution -- I jettisoned the rest of the plant and wiped this section down with rubbing alcohol. Tomorrow it goes in with the struggling remnants of my beloved S. lepida...

Mealybug destruction 😡

Noooooo! How did you get them? Did you recently add plants to you collection?

I have no clue where they came from @KariSamuel -- I already had them when I got that beautiful new Gymno I posted.

😕 I'm so sorry. Yuck, mealies suck...

Oh no 😢

Hope you can get rid of them! Horrid pests

I have been having problems with them too. I have managed to catch them early before they do damage. I saw a photo of mealybugs on the eyes of potatoes. They can come in on our produce. 🙀 Hope you are rid of them now 🤞🤞

Working on it, @hkyfvr ! I took Friday off to get my new phurnace installed and spent a considerable chunk of the day doing 'search and destroy' on the little fluffy menace

I'm dealing with a dying furnace right now too. It's jerry-rigged right now and I have gotten bids ranging from 6300 to 12000$ the disparity is ridiculous!

This technology currently ranges from hamster-wheel turbines that heat up the house to practically nuclear fission @lesliecole49

#fursday lol #whiskery

It looks like an eye opening!

That's a bit creepy !!!

#whiskers

Very creepy! Alien eyeball!!! 😱

Hello grandpa 👴 you shaved your ear hair but forgot to do your eyes. 😂

Maybe you shave your eyeballs @philstalder but I consider that too hazardous to attempt

The creepiest plant I have ever seen

#neverseenanythinglikeit

#whiskery

#hairy

The wait is over!!! #brown #fragrant #succulentsunday

Fab 👍🏻

WOW!! It’s fantastic! 😍😍😍

Super!

#anticipation

#anticipation

Wow! How nice, post again when it opens!

You betcha, @Susanandsteve !

Much clearer look at the flower bud emerging. Do I ever love Stapelias! #succulent #brown #fragrant

Buds!!! #succulentsunday

Most of these are mystery plantz. Votes on the identities of most of these are welcome. Clockwise from upper R, we have Stapelia grandiflora, 2 Beats Me plants that resemble Echeverias, and 2 Mystery Sticks that may or may not be the same species. Dead center is an I'm Clueless Plant, with 4 wings on the stem and what looks like a maple leaf emerging from the top... #plantid