Stapelia gigantea

Dess natural but dess nasty! Lol

#stapelia #succulents

Crispy, dried up starfish flowers smell like spoiled fish sticks.

Lol

The petals have fallen off now I think a seedpod is forming? I did attempt to pollinate the flowers with one another.

End of the saga!

The second bloom is more perfect! Such a star! And yes, they do smell similar to dead fish in an aquarium at this time! It seems they produce different smells throughout the day! 🤢🤢🤢😁

This morning it actually smells good! Very very mild scent though!

Amazing!

Wonderful pic #starfishflower ❤️

This made my day!

It's so perfect!

The smell is very pungent. I would describe it as a "pleasant stink" somewhere along the lines of extra sharp cheddar, balsamic vinaigrette, garlic, sauerkraut etc. Not a repulsive rotting flesh smell like it's often descibed, in my opinion!

The boo-boo bloom is now getting too big and heavy to hold itself up!

Its like a ol stankin balloon! Lol

Perfect caption. This just made me laugh out loud! ❤️

Maybe the stapelia will flower this year after all!

These stumps were left after taking cuttings but now they are regrowing. Who knew?

Lmao! In the back of my mind I knew, that's why i didn't compost it lol. Stapelia are almost impossible to lose because they propagate so readily! I love them lol

No, I had to bring them in during hurricane Florence and all the buds withered away. Though back outdoors now, It's getting cooler so I doubt they'll bloom this year unfortunately.

All the stapelia have tons of flower buds!!!

Ooooooooooo!!!!

Buds forming!

Ooh I forgot about that lol. I was keeping one indoors to see how it would fare. Maybe I'll keep that one dead-headed and just grow it for the greens! 😬😬😬

Roots already

Cuttings doing good