Stapeliads
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Orbea baldratii (Caralluma baldratii, Pachycymbium baldratii) (Apocynaceae)
Stems with long teeth, with purple dots and with underground stolons. Flowers star-shaped, with very narrow lobes, about 2.5 cm in size,...
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Caralluma europaea var. europaea Lampedusa, Italy (Apocynaceae)
The only stapeliea present in the european flora. Groups of star-shaped striped flowers each 1.5 cm wide at the apex of the stems. It...
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Caralluma hexagona RH202 Wadi Dhahr, 15 Km NW Sanaa, Yemen (Apocynaceae)
Stems grey-green, irregularly ribbed. This plant is compact, clumping, gnarled and slow growing. Flowers slightly campanulate, erect,...
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Apteranthes joannis Clone 1 (Apteranthes joannis) (Apocynaceae)
Stems erect or procumbent, branched, partly underground. Flowers 1.5-2 cm in diameter, cream-yellow spotted with dark red. Corolla lobes...
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Caralluma joannis Clone 2 (Apteranthes joannis) (Apocynaceae)
Stems procumbent, glaucous, not very branched, partly underground. Flowers 1.5-2 cm in diameter, cream yellow spotted with dark red....
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Duvalia sulcata var. seminuda (Apocynaceae)
Rare species of Stapelieae with succulent, grey-green, purple-dotted stems with showy teeth. Little, star-shaped and very unusual flowers....
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Echidnopsis dammaniana x hybrida (Apocynaceae)
Succulent plant. Stems up to 15 cm long, square or exagonal in section, greenish-brown. Flowers small, reddish, umbrella-shaped,...
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Echidnopsis oviflora (Apocynaceae)
Succulent plant. Stems greyish-green, brown with age, 15 x 0.8-1 cm, wrinkled. Flowers small (4-5 mm), dark purple outwards, slightly...
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Echidnopsis sharpei ssp. ciliata (Echidnopsis ciliata) (Apocynaceae)
Succulent with stems being cylindrical, creeping, branched, 1 cm in diameter, tubercled, brown-reddish. Small star-shaped red flowers. Rare...
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Echidnopsis squamulata Near Taizz, Yemen (Apocynaceae)
Small succulent with snake-like, dark green stems. Flowers unusual, very utriculate, about 15 mm long, violet-brown. Rare. Single stem...
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Frerea indica Clone 1 (Caralluma frerei) (Apocynaceae)
The only stapeliad with true, fleshy and well developed leaves (caducous in the dry season). Stems creeping, cylindrical. Flowers...
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Frerea indica Clone 2 (Caralluma frerei) (Apocynaceae)
The only stapeliad with true, fleshy and well developed leaves (caducous in the dry season). Stems creeping, cylindrical. Flowers...
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Huernia aspera Iringa Province, Tanzania (Apocynaceae)
Half-prostrate succulent with 5-6-angled stems with short teeth. Flowers purple-brown, 2-2.5 cm in diameter, slightly campanulate, roughly...
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Huernia clavigera x hybrida (Apocynaceae)
Small stapeliad with numerous stems that are 8x2 cm in size, often tangled, usually square in section, toothed, green spotted with red....
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Huernia echidnopsioides W Patensie, S. Africa (Apocynaceae)
Stems round in section, finely covered with low square tubercles, similar to the echidnopsis ones, about 1 cm in diameter, 5-7 cm long,...
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Huernia hislopii Zimbabwe (Apocynaceae)
Stems succulent, slightly toothed, slender and more clustered stems, with about 6 angles. Flowers bell-shaped, 2.5 cm in diameter, w...
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Huernia keniensis (Apocynaceae)
This is a very interesting species. Stems 5-12 cm long, sub-cylindric . Flowers bell-sahped, dark purple, papillose inside and streaked...
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Huernia keniensis var. maniera Barad11548 (Apocynaceae)
Stems red-violet. Half-opened flowers densely covered with small dark red papillae and with lobes that are almost completely reflexed....
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Huernia kirkii x hybrida (Apocynaceae)
Stem pentagonal, with many little teeth, reddish. Flowers star shaped, light yellow in colour spotted red. Half shade in summer. Very...
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Huernia leachii Lavranos (Apocynaceae)
Stems cylindrical, up to 150 cm long. Flowers pendulous, slightly bell-shaped, 2.5 cm in diameter, in groups of 2 or more, with lobes that...
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Huernia macrocarpa var. penzigii (Apocynaceae)
Stems erect, strong and clumping, square or pentagonal in section, strongly tubercled. Flowers 2-2.5 cm in diameter, bell-shaped, dark red...
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Huernia occulta (Apocynaceae)
Stapeliad with thin, reddish, slightly tubercled, up to 30 cm long stems. Flowers star-shaped, campanulate, upward, 3 cm in diameter,...
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Huernia occulta PRA319S (Apocynaceae)
Stapeliad with thin, slightly tubercled, up to 30 cm long stems. Flowers star-shaped, campanulate, upward, 3 cm in diameter, cream-yellow...
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Huernia pendula (Apocynaceae)
Species whose stems are cylindrical and slender, pendulous or creeping, rooting at contact with the soil. The flowers have lobes that are...
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Huernia tanganyikensis x Huernia procumbens (Apocynaceae)
Stems rather creeping, with blunt ribs. Flowers star-shaped, about 3 cm in diameter. Lobes ivory with red spots. Glossy, red, prominent...
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Huernia quinta (Apocynaceae)
Stems erect and strong, clumping, up to 7 cm long, square or pentagonal in section, tubercled. Flowers 2.5-3 cm in diameter, bell-shaped,...
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Huernia recondita (Apocynaceae)
Species with creeping stems that are sub-cylinder in section, up to 50 cm long, olive-green and slightly red-dotted. Flowers in groups, 18...
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Huernia rosea RH230 10Km E Al-Maghraba, Haraz Mountains, Yemen (Apocynaceae)
This is a clumping species with erect, 5-angular stems 3-6.5 cm long. The flowers, in groups of 3, are bell-shaped, brown-pink in colour,...
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Huernia schneideriana (Apocynaceae)
This species has nice bell-shaped flowers that are 3 cm in diameter, with a purple-black corolla tube, with a corolla that is brown outside...
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Huernia thuretii var. thuretii (Apocynaceae)
Stems erect, clumping, four-angled. Flowers star-shaped, 2.5 cm in diameter, cream-yellow with concentric dark red stipes. Flowers open in...
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Huernia volkartii var. repens (Huernia repens) (Apocynaceae)
Stems up to 50 cm long, creeping and slightly arched, 8-10 mm in diameter, not very toothed. Flowers cup-shaped, cream with red spots, over...
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Huernia x pendurata (Apocynaceae)
Ibrido tra H. pendula e H. hystrix. Stems numerous, 8-10 mm in diameter, violet-glaucous. Very beautiful, even without flowers. Flowers...
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Huernia zebrina var. magniflora H6827 Njelele, South Africa (Apocynaceae)
Clumping succulent with stems being toothed and about 2 cm in diameter. Flowers star-shaped, 6-7 cm in diameter, with bell-shaped centre,...
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Orbea melanantha (Orbeopsis melanantha) (Apocynaceae)
Strong creeping and clumping succulent. Stems massive, up to 4 cm in diameter, 4-angled. Flowers very beautiful, almost black, wrinkled,...
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Orbea variegata clone 2 (Stapelia variegata) (Apocynaceae)
Stems thin, 5-6 cm long, slightly toothed. Flowers large, with annulus, white-yellowish strongly dotted with purple. Cape Province. Soil...
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Stapelia asterias (Apocynaceae)
This species originates from the Cape Province and has long cylindrical stems (15 x 1.5 cm), that are compact and green to grey-green....
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Stapelia divaricata Swellendam, S. Africa (Apocynaceae)
Succulent with stems being clumping, branched, slightly hairy, about 12 cm high and about 1 cm in diameter. Flowers in small basal groups,...
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Stapelia divaricata x hybrida (Apocynaceae)
Long and thin stems, slightly tuberculate, that are green spotted red-purple. Flowers in groups, pink in colour. Beautiful and...
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Stapelia gigantea PRA307S Josini, South Africa (Apocynaceae)
Stems big, strong, erect, velvety, square in section, reddish-green, 3 cm wide and much higher than other Stapelieae. Flowers star-shaped,...
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Stapelia hirsuta var. comata DP4158B (Apocynaceae)
The flowers of this variety have hairs on the margins only. Cutting Rooted cutting
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Stapelianthus decaryi (Apocynaceae)
Stems blackish-brown, about 6 mm in diameter, with fine teeth, creeping, very dense. Flowers small, campanulate, pale brown spotted with...
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Tromotriche revoluta var. tigrina (Apocynaceae)
Species with stems that are 15-35 cm long, partly underground, forming long rhizomatous runners. Flowers, sessile, 6-7 cm in diameter, with...
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Echidnopsis × hybrida ‘Fernando’ (Apocynaceae)
New hybrid obtained in our nursery from Echidnopsis ciliata. Stems strong, reaching 50 cm in length by 10 mm in diameter. Stems are...
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Huernia volkartii var. volkartii (Apocynaceae)
Clumping species. Stems short, densely branched, forming a close clump. Flowers star-shaped, densely papillose, light cream-white in colour...
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Huernia × curiosa (Apocynaceae)
Hybrid of Huernia kennedyana obtained in our nursery. Flowers slightly bell-shaped, cream-white in colour with strong red concentrical...
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Orbea halipedicola xhybridax hybrida (Apocynaceae)
Clumping species, occasionally procumbent. Stems green, slightly shaded with red, with triangular and prominent teeth. Flowers star-shaped,...
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Huernia hislopii (Apocynaceae)
Native species of Zimbabwe where it grows on granite rock outcrops. Angular stems of green-purplish color with well evident tubercles....
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Stapelia hirsuta var. gariepensis (Stapelia gariepensis) (Apocynaceae)
Species with erect and reddish stems carrying by 8-9 cm flowers with lobes that are 3.5-3.8 cm long, ovate-lanceolate, waved inside, shiny...
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Orbea decaisneana (Caralluma hesperidum) (Bromeliaceae)
~~Stems very large, grey-green, purple-dotted and with massive teeth up to 2 cm long. Very dark violet-brownish flowers. Clumping. Half...
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Stapelia gigantea (Apocynaceae)
~~Stems big, erect, velvety, square in section, with winged ribs, 3 cm wide and much higher than other Stapelieae. Flowers star-shaped, to...
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Stapelia acuminata (Apocynaceae)
~~Stems square in section but more or less rounded, pubescent. Flowers star-shaped, 4 cm in diameter, white striped with red and with red...
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Echidnopsis nubica (Apocynaceae)
~~Stems erect or creeping, branched at their base, about 20 cm in height and 1.5-2 cm in diameter, with a roundish section. Tubercles not...
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Stapelia x hybrida ‘Incomparabilis’ (Apocynaceae)
~~Horticultural hybrid between Stapelia maculosa and Stapelia ‘Trifida’. Stems erect, square in section, toothed. Flowers star-shaped,...
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Stapelia x hybrida (Apocynaceae)
~~Stapelia hybrid obtained in our nursery. Stems erect or procumbent, square in section, toothed and velvety. Flowers rather large (15-20...
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Huernia macrocarpa x Huernia leachii (Apocynaceae)
~~This hybrid was obtained in our nursery. Stems linear, branched, decumbent. Flowers bell-shaped, light cream strongly striped with red....
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Huernia whitesloaneana x hybrida (Apocynaceae)
~~This hybrid was obtained in our nursery. Stems tufted, not very toothed, almost circular in section. Flowers 5-lobed (sometimes 6-lobed),...
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Orbea semota orientalis (Apocynaceae)
~~Stems square in section, toothed, grey-green spotted with red, creeping or procumbent. Flowers 3-4 cm in size, plain brown-red in this...
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Stapelia gigantea DMC3401 (Apocynaceae)
~~Stems big, erect, velvety, square in section, with winged ribs, 3 cm wide and much higher than other Stapelieae. Flowers star-shaped, to...
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Huernia keniensis var. nairobensis x Huernia keniensis var. keniensis (Apocynaceae)
~~This plant has intermediate traits between the two varieties, particularly in the flowers. Stems prostrate, toothed, reddish-green....
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Echidnopsis x hybrida VC3 (Apocynaceae)
~~This hybrid was obtained in our nursery between Echidnopsis cereiformis and Echidnopsis dammaniana. Stems erect, slightly tubercled....
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Echidnoposis x hybrida VC4 (Apocynaceae)
This hybrid was obtained in our nursery from Echidnopsis globosa. Stems creeping, strong, with roundish tubercles. Flowers apical,...
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Echidnopsis x hybrida VC5 (Apocynaceae)
This hybrid was obtained in our nursery from Echidnopsis chrysantha. Stems longer and stronger than in E. chrysantha. Bristles shorter...
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Echidnopsis x hybrida VC1 (Apocynaceae)
Hybrid of Echidnopsis cereiformis with erect stems and tubercles that are not very evident (stems are almost smooth). Flowers apical,...
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Huernia x hybrida VC6 (Apocynaceae)
This hybrid was obtained in our nursery between Huernia stapelioides and Huernia hystrix. Stems strong, cylindrical-ovoid, branched,...
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Huernia x hybrida VC10 \\\\’Stella Marina\\\\’ (Apocynaceae)
New hybrid 2021 obtained from our nursery. It is a hybrid of Hurenia hystrix characterized by sturdy and short stems with evident...
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Huernia x hybrida VC7 ’Rossella\’ (Apocynaceae)
Hybrid of Huernia thuretii characterized by stems up to 10 cm long, clusters, slightly tuberculous. Star-shaped flowers with a diameter of...
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Huernia concinna (Apocynaceae)
~~Stems about 7 cm high, 1.5 cm in diameter, light green with purple-brown dots and sharp upward teeth. Flowers bell-shaped, yellow with...
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Duvalia caespitosa x Huernia zebrina (Apocynaceae)
Interspecific hybrid characterized by short and stocky stems of a soft green color, a little reddened, with short tubercles. Flowers 3-4 cm...
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Huernia x hybrida VC8 ’Coriandoli\’ (Apocynaceae)
Huernia maccoyi hybrid characterized by 5-6 cm long stems with very developed tubercles. Flowers about 2 cm in diameter, papillose,...
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Stapelia x hybrida ’Rosalla\’ VC12 (Apocynaceae)
Our new hybrid obtained from Stapelia obducta. The stems are 10-15 cm long by 2 cm broad, of a glaucous green colour. The flowers, with a...