Stapelia gigantea
| Habit | cacti-succulent
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| 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 |
| Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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| Features: | ✓ | flowers |
| USDA Zones: | 10 to 12 | |
| Flower features: | ❀ | red, orange, yellow, pink |
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Stapelia gigantea is a flowering plant in the Stapelia genus of plants commonly referred to as the Carrion or Toad Plant (although the name Carrion Plant can also refer to Stapelia grandiflora). Stapelia gigantea sometimes also goes by the name of Stapelia nobilis and Stapelia marlothii.
Read about Stapelia gigantea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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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. — "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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