Hi Jackie Your weather is a little like what I have here right now. last week it was in the 90s and now is in the 70s. I was in the Navy for 20yr and yes in...
This plant is bit punished by the heat of Brazilian autumn but flower of Huernia volkartii var. repens is always nice. Understand its habitat is Mozambique. ...
Hiya Tom, Wow! Is wonderful to read that you been in the Navy for that long, I have known a few that havent even lasted 2-3 years. Hmmm.......I have most of...
Here are two more macro shots from cuttings received from Ryan McNew late last October. The flowers are both about a half inch in diameter. The Caralluma ...
Hi Jerry, congratulations for those two shots. The one of the Caralluma stalagmifera is particularly nice, thanks for sharing! Best regards, Sylvain Gerald...
Hoodia ID if you please. Jakob Baran The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: Hoodia, May 03,2008. Note: To protect against...
Hi there, I keep trying to send a message for an ID of a plant but keep getting a "message undeliverable" e-mail from the post master. What could be causing...
This interesting stapeliad was received from Etwin Aslander some time ago and is currently in bloom. It was from the Gamkapoort area in the Western Cape. This...
Dear Jakob, we discussed your picture and there are many hints that it is Hoodia juttae. The flower is not as large as H. gordonii - I don't know such small...
May be your mail is to big - make your picture smaller. Take a look to that post master mail - normally they tell you the reason why. regards Friederike ... ...
Dear Jerry, fine pictures you made for us - I like C. stalagmifera and the plant always get a warm place in the living room during winter. thank you! ...
With the longer days and warmer weather we are having a steady supply of new flowers. This Caralluma (now Orbea!) wissmannii is from another of Ryan's...
I believe this name is correct. ONE of these labels I have has to be, eventually! Hehehehe. Thanks to everyone's help for getting these labeled properly! Merc ...
I was very pleased to see a bud forming on my Huernia laevis but when it opened I was disappointed to see that it was a hybrid! Apparently a fly pollinated...
Came to me as "Schitulia" which we all know isn't even CLOSE to being spelled correctly! Nor is it ID'd correctly, in my opinion. Any ideas? Thanks. Merc ... ...
I believe the correct name is H. thudichumii if you follow Leach or H. humilis if you follow Bruyns. I checked Bruyns' book and he didn't make a sub-specific...
Hi Jackie, I think it is a H.juttae.Thank you Jackie. Best regards, Jakob ... From: Jackie Barahona To: Stapeliad@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008...
Dear Merc, I think the same as Jackie - for me it's Stapelia divaricata too. Some plants of that species have only a few white hairs at the corolla lobes -...
Caralluma shadhbana barhana I'm not sure of where the taxonomists have agreed to put this one (if they ever do agree!) but I originally got the cutting from...