Asclepiad/Stapeliad Page

Disclaimer: Unfortunately many of the Stapeliads look so similar that they can only be told apart when in flower. Additionally, they hybridize readily. We do our best to make sure the plants offered are what they are supposed to be. We cannot be sure that seedlings from open pollinated seed are pure until they flower. Rooted cuttings are pretty much guaranteed to be correct.

*HUERNIA 'Bronx Cheer' (LIMIT 2) - #9470 - 2.25"potRC - $6.00 - H. keniensis hybrid, 1"+ velvety raspberry-colored flower

H. 'Hell's Bells' - #9836 - 3.25"pot - $7.00 - these are seedlings from two similar Huernia guttata hybrids hand-pollinated with Huernia urceolata, they got their name from the flower's shape and sulfurous smell, no way to tell what color the bell-shaped .75" flowers will be, so far they are about 80% dark liver colored and 20% creamy yellow, clustering chunky branching light green stems mottled with purple in strong light

H. keniensis Barad 11548 (LIMIT 2) - #8969 - 2.25"potRC - $6.00 - (Lake Naivasha, Kenya) thin green stems, .75"-wide maroon flowers with dense teeth on petals and throat

H. keniensis v. nairobiensis (LIMIT 2) - #9543 - 2.25"potRC - $6.00 - green stems with some purple mottling, 1" flower sits on its side to face down, outside of flower is maroon with lighter bands running up the petals, inside dark maroon with short teeth

*H. 'Sea Cucumber' (LIMIT 2) - #9374 - 2.25"potRC - $6.00 - green stems, 1" pinkish red flowers with teeth on the petals

H. somalica hybrids (LIMIT 2) - #9409 - 2.25"potRC - $6.00 - 1"-wide almost white flowers with raised annulus

*ORBEA semota ssp. orientalis (LIMIT 2) - #8952 - 2.25"potRC - $6.00 - (Tanzania, Kilimanjaro Prov.) stems with long soft teeth, light purple mottling, 1" brownish-red flowers with hairs on edges

RHYTIDOCAULON macrolobum ssp. macrolobum (LIMIT 3) - #7671 - 3"+tall seedling - $6.00 - pencil-thick sparsely branching dark green stems, small black and white flower with slight citrus scent

*STAPELIA paniculata ssp. scitula (LIMIT 2) - #8735 - 2.25"potRC - $6.00 - upright stems become quite thin when mature, purple-red flowers with raised ridges across petals and white hairs on edges, light carrion scent

*S. schinzii (LIMIT 2) - #8988 - 2.25"potRC - $6.00 - thin purple-green stems, 2"+ foul-smelling purple flowers with purple hairs on petal edges

* = only advertised on the web site due to limited quantities