California Gardening: What's happening in your early fall garden?, 1 by surfcity

surfcity wrote:
Well, this strange starfish-looking thing bloomed today. There was a big balloon-looking bud before and I was curious to see what it would look like. It's on a saguaro-looking-but-isn't-a-saguaro succulent. It's not as pretty as the picture--it's actually more of a fleshy-burgundy color. Kinda ugly, actually. There are fine hairs on the edge of the bloom. No scent. I don't know, it's a curious thing.