Stapelia variegata

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Stapelia variegata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Stapelia variegata, Linn. (S. normalis, Jacq.). Plant glabrous: sts. erect from a decumbent base, 2-6 in. high, very obtusely 4-angled, green, often mottled all over or tinted with purple at the tips: fls. 1-5 together, at base of young sts.; corolla 2-3 in. diam., lobes smooth and green outside, inner surface rugose with crowded irregular transverse ridges on the lobes, pale greenish yellow, with dark purple-brown spots. S. Afr. B.M. 26. R.H. 1857, p. 43. Var. atrata, N. E. Br. (S. atrata, Tod.). Corolla-lobes deltoid-acuminate, ground-color dark purple-brown. Var. atropurpurea, N. E. Br. (S. atropurpurea, Salm-Dyck). Corolla-lobes ovate; ground-color blackish purple. Var. clypeata, N. E. Br. (S. Bufonis, Sims). Corolla 2 1/2 - 3 in. diam. spotted all over, with or without a few slender transverse lines at the base of the lobes. B.M. 1676. Var. Curtisii, N. E. Br. (S. Curtisii, Schult.). Outer lobes of crown very slightly notched; ground-color of corolla light yellow or rather bright sulfur-yellow. Var. mixta, N. E. Br. (S. mixta, Mass.). Corolla 2 1/2 – 3 3/4 in. diam., light-colored; lobes with numerous rounded spots, those of the basal half connected by slender transverse purple-brown lines. Var. trisulca, N. E. Br. (S. trisulca, Donn.). Corolla in mature bud flat-topped, without a point, when expanded flat on the back of the disk. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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