tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post4844646457595604964..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Random plant event: Stapelia gigantea flower, againmr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-64385941217116587082011-01-01T11:08:03.117-08:002011-01-01T11:08:03.117-08:00Your Stapelia looks much happier than mine. Mine ...Your Stapelia looks much happier than mine. Mine is still recovering from last years winter. This year I had enough intelligence to bring it in to a sunny window. We'll see if this is a year of recovery for it. <br /><br />That said, I'm a little dismayed it blooms in winter. Ah, well.Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15597630887713954960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-2650181736896445432010-12-31T19:37:06.091-08:002010-12-31T19:37:06.091-08:00Wow.. interesting and amazing looking plant and fl...Wow.. interesting and amazing looking plant and flower. <br /><br />cinacinafonghttp://www.cinafong-myobsessionmycompulsion.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-37829079567013265962010-12-31T15:56:16.530-08:002010-12-31T15:56:16.530-08:00Yay, flower!
I simply think the form of that flo...Yay, flower! <br /><br />I simply think the <i>form</i> of that flower is pretty spooky and amazing, quite independent of its carnivore scat smell.<br /><br />This year a plant friend gave me a cutting I believe is also <i>Stapelia gigantea</i>. On my back porch, it's tripled or quadrupled in size since then, growing from a single large stem to large clump of maybe a dozen stems. <br /><br />Sentient Meathttp://sentientmeat.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-34402801841990218972010-12-31T08:40:53.457-08:002010-12-31T08:40:53.457-08:00Anonymous @ 5:26 AM:
Stapelia gigantea flowers ar...Anonymous @ 5:26 AM:<br /><br /><i>Stapelia gigantea</i> flowers are considerably worse, in my opinion, than <i>Gynura aurantiaca</i> flowers. It depends, I suppose, on how you feel about the smell of dog shit. <br /><br />NotSoAngryRedHead:<br /><br />It's only obnoxious if I'm close (within about 12 in / 30 cm). Further away than that, and I can't actually smell it at all. <br /><brmr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-85594545389640983392010-12-31T08:13:55.064-08:002010-12-31T08:13:55.064-08:00Those flowers are edible as well. So if you get ti...Those flowers are edible as well. So if you get tired of the smell you can just eat them raw. The rest of the plant is medicinal against pain and hysteria and is purgative and emetic.<br /><br />The common name is tililolomncane.<br /><br />Did you know it has been discovered that the different stapeliads have very specific smells to attract particular species of flies? Some mimic rotting flesh, Patnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-90272657332318127172010-12-31T06:06:52.231-08:002010-12-31T06:06:52.231-08:00I suppose if it really starts to get obnoxious, yo...I suppose if it really starts to get obnoxious, you can always remove the bloom even if the novelty of the plant is in the stench. Also, although I cannot prove it, I had a hunch it would be a <i>Stapelia</i>.<br /><br />Speaking of stinky plants, my sister used to give paperwhites as Christmas presents until she had a few leftover one year. She potted them and came downstairs one day wonderingNotSoAngryRedHeadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11483848154656500575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-78218607674018364682010-12-31T05:26:37.066-08:002010-12-31T05:26:37.066-08:00do they smell as bad as gynura aurentiaca flowers?...do they smell as bad as gynura aurentiaca flowers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-59464893467729361032010-12-31T05:20:39.070-08:002010-12-31T05:20:39.070-08:00Look to the cacti for your sheep.Look to the cacti for your sheep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com