We were talking about the
cactus at the Show and I said I have one simular But after coming home and looking at it futher I actually have the stapelia hirsauta... carrion
flower It does get crimson/dark ruby velvet
flowers heres a picture of what I have: it looks like it screaming for the out doors and it is!!!LOL and it does need to go out but not yet> a couple of more weeks and I'll take her out probably after Easter as I do every year untill late Fall. It's still blooms indoors . There are tiny babies developing now