Mini-Show Succulent August 2024: Stapeliads (Stapelia, Huernia, Orbea, etc.)
Stapeliads are mainly from Southern Africa. They are called carrion flowers because of the smell they emit to attract flies for pollination.
Stapeliads are mainly from Southern Africa. They are called carrion flowers because of the smell they emit to attract flies for pollination.
Many from Madagascar, some from Africa and Asia in or near India.
Ferocactus are fierce cacti from Mexico and Southern USA. Leuchtenbergia consists of a single species, from Mexico.
The name means "Thick Foot". Native to only Southern Africa and Madagascar.
An easy to grow cactus from Argentina, Southeastern Bolivia, Western Paraguay, Uruguay, and the Southernmost part of Brazil.
Four genera that are all now Eriosyce, from Chile and Peru.
The varied genus Crassula contains around 200 species and many cultivars.