Unknown Huernia

[Paul]

Got this from Sue couple years back but this is the first time it has bloomed for me. The flowers are actually darker than this in my apt lighting but I took it outside to get more light.

[cb977]

WOW! There must've been a stowaway...I don't have one that looks like that!

Way cool

[MuscleGirl'sHobby]

Wow, so cool!

[Tindomul]

Very nice!! Very closely related to Stapelia! THanks for sharing that cool genus. How's the smell?

[Brotherly Monkey]

Huernia Aspera?

Huernia aspera - Google Search

[Izzie]

Wow...I'm not a med major at all...totally thought this said "Unknown Hernia".

[Paul]

Originally Posted by Brotherly Monkey

Huernia Aspera?

Hmmm, on another forum someone suggested it might be Huernia schneideriana and both flowers are similar. I wonder if there is any easy way to tell the two apart? ..................

Caesar, there is a faint odor -- not sure if strikes me as more fecal or something rotting. But I couldn't detect any odor until I held the flower about a centimeter under my nose.

[Brotherly Monkey]

can you get a better picture of the vegetative growth?

[Tindomul]

Originally Posted by Paul

Caesar, there is a faint odor -- not sure if strikes me as more fecal or something rotting. But I couldn't detect any odor until I held the flower about a centimeter under my nose.

Very cool. I love these things.