Beauties (and Freaks)

OMG . I can smell them from here!!! Sooo beautiful though,
thank you Sal

 

As beauties and the freaks , what about my chimera plant? half palm and half bromeliad

 

Jenny , I`ve got an amorphopallus konjac coming out and that really stunk , lucky I`ve got the honeysuckle near by .

 

Mine's sending up a flower ??! spear too

 

Sal - that's really good to see. Mine has hardly started. But I would think the smell in an enclosed space would be something else.

 

Love the Stapelias Jenny!

By far my favourite..................

 

ooooh - a nice pair of matching earings in leather

 

How does Mother Nature work all that out?
Was it a late Friday afternoon job that went wrong?

 

Reckon that it was a pretty inspired day!

 

I would love to get this Iris. I've never seen it before.

 

Is this a cactus flower?

 

Where can I find one of these? I've seen the monkey orchid but not the other one...what a hoot!

 

its a succulent I have seen before but forget whats its called I have a feeling the flower stinks to high heaven , not cheap to buy , I will have a nose about to see what it is called but lots of varieties

 

@Julielovesmud

Known globally as African starfish flowers or locally as carrion flowers, members of the genus Stapelia are usually characterized by their foul-smelling flowers reminiscent of the odour of rotting meat. The hairs, coloration and surface mimic decaying animal matter and attract mostly flies, which act as pollinators. The strong carrion scent is sometimes recognizable at a great distance, especially on hot afternoons. Surprisingly, species such as S. erectiflora and S.flavopurpurea have sweetly scented flowers, but they are rare.

DescriptionStapelias are low, perennial succulents. The stems, their surface and branching make them immediately recognizable. The stems are almost always erect and are usually uniformly green to reddish, depending on the extent of exposure to the sun. Only rarely are they mottled with red or purple on green.

 

Orchis simia is native to much of Europe right through to Iran and N.Africa. You'll need to track it down in the States as CITES would make it prohibitively expensive.