Re: Stapelia
Bob Beer (bbeer@u.washington.edu)
Wed, 16 Feb 1994 16:10:09 -0800 (PST)
>
> >form of this plant - mine is like a bizarre candelabra with only the cutting
> >stem in the ground and a dozen branches (most "branched" again). This is
> >unlike the other Stapelias I've seen which "creep" as each stem emerges at
>
> Sounds like my _Stapelia gigantea_ as well. Nasty plant. When it flowers,
> run away!
>
> B
>
All S. gigantea I have seen tends to crawl along the ground like the
others. There is a blue-grey upright branching sp. the name of which
escapes me.