Huernia

Huernia zebrina (a.k.a. Owl eyes) is one of the most beautifully flowering huernias. It has a raised, glossy, wine-red ring or 'annulus' around the mouth of the corolla tube. The corolla is patterned with wine-red zebra stripes.

A fascinating species producing numerous flowers arranged in a multifloral inflorescence. The five-lobed corolla opens pink or amber, turning brown after a few days. Flowers emit a strong mushroom-like scent and bloom from late summer and early autumn.

An easy-to-grow, clump-forming succulent with basally branching stems that spread sideways or trail, quickly filling a pot. In autumn it bears beautiful dark purple flowers with recurved petal tips.

Huernia insigniflora has flowers that opens one at a time in succession in summer and autumn. Flowers have liver-coloured or purple annulus, and ivory to pink lobes unmark. Stems greyish-green with smaller teeth.

Huernia hystrix subs. parvula is a distinctive subspecies with much shorter stems rarely more than 3 cm long, and smaller flowers. The flowers are cup-shaped with spiny petals, dull yellow in colour and banded with red.

Huernia saudi-arabica has bell-shaped flowers up to 40 mm wide, deep purplish-red inside with raised whitish-yellow papillae. Distribution: Asir, Sorth West of Taif, Saudi Arabia.

From Tanzania Huernia schneideriana is a very attractive species. The flowers are burgundy, but almost black inside the tube, about 3 cm and velvety.

Huernia zebrina variegata is one of the most beautifully flowering huernias. The stems are green and yellow. The corolla is patterned with wine-red zebra stripes. Very sought after by impassioned this variety is a must in stapelias collections

Huernia concinna has pale sulphur-yellow flowers marked all over with small dark brownish-crimson spots. It is a rare species known for a long time only from the type collection; It has not been found again despite considerable collecting activity.

Huernia zebrina (a.k.a. Owl eyes) is a low-growing succulent species more or less creeping . It is one of the most beautifully flowering huernias and very popular in cultivation for its odd blooms.

A compact-growing plant with green stems edged with small teeth. At the stem base appear lots of tiny cup-shaped flowers, yellow with brown spots or bands, giving the plant a charming and decorative look.

Huernia hislopii subs. robusta is similar to standard Huernia hislopii, but the stems are more robust and the flower is larger (up to 5 cm in diameter!). The corolla is white with dark red spots, basally without concentric lines. Beautiful.

Nice hybrid between Huernia saudi-arabica and Huernia zebrina with large flowers. The corolla is decorated with burgundy and cream yellow zebra-stripes.

This is a beautiful crested plant, robust and easy to grow and flower. RARE.