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[mobile]

I acquired a Stepelia flavopurpurea from a forum member last year and it looks like I'm going to have some flowers this year I am told that flavopurpurea is somewhat unusual for a Stepelia, in that it doesn't smell of rotting flesh

When I received it, it had the two stems to the right and it put out the larger one to the left last summer:




And I think these are the flower buds, though I have read that they are usually borne on the tip of the stem:

[gardenofeden]

could be flower buds but they look more like (stem) shoots to me. This is about the right point on the stem for Stapelia flowers for all the species I have grown. Other members of the family like Caralluma however will produce flowers near the tip. I have never grown this particular Stapelia species though.

[mobile]

Time will tell, hopefully.If they're shoots then it looks like time for repotting.

[mobile]

Stephen,

You were correct, the buds were indeed the start of new shoots and what a speed they grow at:



And this time I think I'm right in saying these are flower buds

[gardenofeden]

mobile, on 25 June 2011 - 15:14 PM, said:

And this time I think I'm right in saying these are flower buds

yes indeedy!

[mobile]

Yay.... it flowered

[Flytyer]

Nice looking flower! Does it smell?

[mobile]

Flytyer, on 21 July 2011 - 17:33 PM, said:

Nice looking flower! Does it smell?

Not particularly.

[gardenofeden]

pretty!

[Daniel G]

Whoah, nice flower!

[TheInactiveMoth]

'Tis a strange looking flower indeed!

[Martin Hingst]

Strange and beautiful flower - congrats!

[mobile]

Flytyer, on 21 July 2011 - 17:33 PM, said:

Nice looking flower! Does it smell?

mobile, on 21 July 2011 - 17:42 PM, said:

Not particularly.

The centre has opened a little more and now it has a smell... it smells like honey.