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Posted By: Bids Carrion Flower - August 27th, 2005 at 07:00 PM
I have been trying to grow this plant for the last year! Of the original 3 that i bought one flowered. It is the most amazing flower. But it smells so bad you only smell it once!!
Anyway the one plant i have kept in its original timy container and as its out in the open under my Bonsais it stays constantly wet which for a succulent should either rot it or kill it. The other 2 I have planted with riversand and soil out in the full sun with all the other cacti and they are all slowly dying. Getting soft and then almost collapsing.
Has anyone else grown these.??

Tried to put pictures up. Have just started using photobucket and was not uploading the new pics from my pc? Am using dial up???
Posted By: BBMacpie Re: Carrion Flower - August 27th, 2005 at 09:55 PM
Hi Bids, do you mean your plant is a Stapelia? Like this one? [Linked Image]
Posted By: Bids Re: Carrion Flower - August 28th, 2005 at 01:24 AM
Yes BBMacpie it looks alot like that although ive ever seen it so tall. Mine are a sort of pink midway to the top and green the rest of the plant. But yes it does look the same.
Please tell me u have the secret formula to growing these
Posted By: Bids Re: Carrion Flower - August 28th, 2005 at 01:51 AM
Here are my pics..........if it works this time, am very new at this
http://photobucket.com/albums/b299/Namow/?action=view&current=carrion.jpg
And here is my first and only one in flower
http://photobucket.com/albums/b299/Namow/?action=view&current=carrionflower.jpg

Need to learn a tidier way of showing my pics!!
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