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Post by beefjello on Aug 31, 2013 19:49:51 GMT -5
We had the first blooms of the season on our Stapelia this week. Here's the 'buds' just before the opened. I dig the little spirals at the end  and opened up   Thanks for takin' a peek  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2013 20:14:55 GMT -5
sh\t, I can smell them thru my screen! Smellivision!
Nice succulents ya got there. Happy b-day!
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Post by Pat on Aug 31, 2013 20:25:29 GMT -5
Closed, they look like meringue puffs.
Cactus? are so strange. From a stickery plant come beautiful and interesting blossoms
@shotgunner. I'd rather call it aroma vision or scentivision. Not smelly vision!!!
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Post by jamesp on Aug 31, 2013 20:48:16 GMT -5
Them dudes be smelly
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2013 20:52:33 GMT -5
Pat, that's awsesome! scentivision! ha! You are terrific. They are succulents. An African (Saharan) species. Succulents can be thorny. No bees in the Sahara, these are pollinated by flies. I think it is rare to see these without flies or at least fly eggs in the stamens of the flowers. These seem pristine (so far anyway!) and I do not believe I have ever seen that. Brian you da man!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2013 20:52:52 GMT -5
They look like cellulite. Ick They are beautiful though especially when they are closed.
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Post by Pat on Aug 31, 2013 20:53:30 GMT -5
@shotgunner. Yep, looks like smellivision is right! jamesp. I just looked them up. Said " Smells like rotten flesh". Think I'll stck to other posies:) |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2013 20:54:46 GMT -5
Pat we "simul-posted"! see me above
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Post by Pat on Aug 31, 2013 20:58:13 GMT -5
Seems logical that something pollinated by flies would smell.
Nevertheless , interesting. What an education on a rock board:)
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Post by jamesp on Aug 31, 2013 21:06:35 GMT -5
My Mother in Law grows that smelly thing just to irritate me. It is epitome of smell vision.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 1, 2013 8:27:46 GMT -5
Great pics, Brian! I didn't get any stapelia flowers this year  , plant must not have gotten enough water. For those that missed it, I posted a couple pics on Brian's thread last year Stapelia. |
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Post by beefjello on Sept 2, 2013 11:47:41 GMT -5
Thanks all! Jean I forgot about that monster bud you had last year, too cool!! Jimp I suggest filling your green houses with stapelia. They would be the perfect companion plants for your bug eaters  |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 2, 2013 23:24:16 GMT -5
Thanks all! Jean I forgot about that monster bud you had last year, too cool!! Jimp I suggest filling your green houses with stapelia. They would be the perfect companion plants for your bug eaters Why, I think that is a great idea, Brian! Raising stapelia to attract flies, etc, to feed the carnivorous plants. Or you could just drag home some dead animals, same effect. But first, you'd have to be able to live with the stench. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2013 23:41:14 GMT -5
Jean PM me for details about Bert langerworfs farm! lol
The flies, think of the flies!
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 24, 2013 12:26:18 GMT -5
Great pics, Brian! I didn't get any stapelia flowers this year , plant must not have gotten enough water. Better late than never! Took this pic on 9/22. Hadn't noticed it beforehand. Probably was at its prime the day before. They are some big ones! Two days later, it is all shriveled. But two more buds getting ready!  |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 24, 2013 12:39:34 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2013 13:27:28 GMT -5
Nice flipflops. Nice native american pattern....... Must not make pedicure joke !! |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 24, 2013 14:39:17 GMT -5
Scott, the flip-flops are Reefs, only kind I wear. Foot is for size reference only. You think I need a pedicure?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2013 17:12:18 GMT -5
Scott, the flip-flops are Reefs, only kind I wear. Foot is for size reference only. You think I need a pedicure? NEVER ANSWER GROOMING QUESTIONS ASKED BY WOMEN EVER NEVER EVER  |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 24, 2013 18:09:44 GMT -5
Scott, I was watering the plants when I saw the open bloom. Do not confuse dirty feet with those that need a pedicure. Care to compare at the Cady fieldtrip?
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, plant must not have gotten enough water.
