Tropicals & Tender Perennials: pictures, 1 by dmichael619

dmichael619 wrote:
this is another of my stapelias in bloom. This one is called stapelia gigantea AKA hairy starfish flower. If you can not stand the combined smell of bleu cheese,underarm,dirty feet and dog poop then you better not try to grow one of these. The flowers are beuatiful but use flies if you can imagine (not butter either but plain old flies) for pollination thus the smell in order to attract any and every fly that will land on them.