#huernia

My Huernia zebrina, a succulent from Southern Africa, finally bloomed!

Like their close cousins, the carrion plants, another group of African succulents, they have a vague dead animal smell, and are pollinated by flies. One of the common names for this plant is the little owl. 

Family Apocynaceae

Huernia thuretii

This is another form of Huernia thuretii, with striking maroon striping on the flowers. However, the plant is very similar to the one with unmarked pale yellow flowers known as H. thuretii var. primulina, and considering the range of markings seen in different populations, it seems reasonable to do away with recognizing var. primulina as a separate entity, as Peter Bruyns has done in his comprehensive book on the stapeliads of southern Africa and Madagascar.

2024:

Before it rains again 🦀