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Carrion Plant

Stapelia grandiflora

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Description:

Succulent plant native from South Africa.

Notes:

Family: Apocynaceae

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Comments (2)
DB
Thanks for your comment, hamhamboy .If nobody touches the flower, it doesn´t stink at all.
hamhamboy
My grandpa gave me cutting of this and it almost flowered before it dried out a bit too much in the heat. Very nice decorative succulent, though it is supposed to stink a lot.

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