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  Stapelia divaricata CACTUS ART
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A fabulous small stapeliad, the solidly and lovely coloured star-shaped flowers are about 4 cm and have a eye-catching "fleshy" look to them. They are certainly very striking.
 

Habit: A small stapeliad (6-12 cm tall) whit green grey and reddish angular stems (pencil sized diameter 0,5-1cm) branching and forming tillers from the base, the epidermis is somewhat velvety.

Flower: The flowers are star-shaped waxy, solidly cream/white to pink within, tipped with green, glabrous and shining; the corolla outside is greenish-brown of about 4 cm and have a "fleshy" look. Not a prolific bloomer.
Blooming phenology: small basal group of flowers in the latter-end of the summer,
Cultivation: Require the same treatment as other succulent plants from the Cape whit half shade in Summer."

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Family: Cactaceae (Cactus Family)

Scientific name: Stapelia divaricata Masson, 1797
Stapel. 17. t. 22.,

this plant was formerly known as:  Gonostemon divaricatum

Habitat: Buffeljachte, Swellendam, Cape Province

 

 

 



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