Stapelia gigantea


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Plant Characteristics
Habit   cacti-succulent

Height: 8 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8. to 10 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Width: 8 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8.
Lifespan: perennial
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Flower features: red, orange, yellow, pink
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Scientific Names



Read about Stapelia gigantea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Stapelia gigantea, N. E. Br. Sts. erect, branching from a short decumbent base, 4-8 in. high, pubescent, light dull green, angles much compressed: fls. 1 or 2 together, near the base or toward the middle of the sts.; corolla 11-16 in. diam., disk-like, center shallowly depressed, inner surface transversely rugulose, pale-purple-hairy, light ochre-yellow, everywhere marked with transverse crimson lines, lobes 4 – 6 1/4 in. long. Trop. and S. Afr. B.M. 7068. G.C. II. 7:693; III.4:729. G.F. 8:515. — "The requirements of S. gigantea," Watson writes, "are somewhat exceptional. It thrives only when grown in a hot, moist stove from April till September, when the growth matures and the flower-buds show. It should then be hung up or placed upon a shelf near the roof-glass in a sunny dry position in the stove." CH


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