Succulent in Bloom - Can Anyone ID?

Wildfyre · Post by **Wildfyre** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:29 pm

I bought a couple of these at a dollar sale and I have no idea what they are-

The Plant -

The Flower-

hob · Post by **hob** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:03 pm

you could write what i know about succulents on a postage stamp in big letters

but that flower has to be some kind of stapeliad

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 1:05 am

hob wrote:you could write what i know about succulents on a postage stamp in big letters but that flower has to be some kind of stapeliad

I'm sure martin will be able to ID it when he see this post.

templegatejohn · Post by **templegatejohn** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 8:16 am

The nearest I can think is Huernia piersii, but I am not sure.

John

Angus · Post by **Angus** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 2:21 pm

A nice looking stapeliad

Buck Hemenway · Post by **Buck Hemenway** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 3:18 pm

This one looks to be a pretty good match. Huernia thuretii ssp. thuretii.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/chris.moor ... _Cels..JPG

A lot of stapeliad pics on their site at
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/chris.moor ... _Cels..JPG

Martin's picture doesn't quite agree, but it is probably a matter of the ssp.
http://anti-matter-3d.com/Stapeliads/hi ... uretii.jpg

Wildfyre · Post by **Wildfyre** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 3:35 pm

Thanks so much for the ID! I wish I could look through all the pictures on that site but I have dial-up so it would take hours.
Now if only the rest of my unknown stapeliads would bloom...