Smelly Flower In The Making!

[Larry the Lamb]

I received 2 unexpected succulents today was this Stapelia pulvinatus.
Will have to hold my nose in years to come!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Dawnrider/stapeliapulvinata.jpg

[Larry the Lamb]

and a baby agave in the making, named after Queen Victoria!

Agave ferdinand-regis pup.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Dawnrider/agaveferdinand-regis01.jpg

[MrSeedy]

Oh well Larry ,at least I don't think the Agave will have stinky flowers! More than likely the flowers might even be quite pleasant smelling for the agave??

[HarleyGal]

The blooms on the stapelia are very pretty but the smell is like rotted meat! :P I had one many years ago and loved to "get" people with it! ^_^ They would see the blossom and stick their nose close for a sniff!! :lol: They only tried it once!! :lol: I didn't know the scientific name of the plant when I had it. I bought it at a yard sale and was told it was a carrion plant! Good name for it!! The flies love it!! :P

[Larry the Lamb]

Gary, it will be many years before the agave flowers, and then when it does it will die.
Like Semps they are monocarpic.

[MrSeedy]

Oh well Larry , should you live long enough to get flowers on the agaves (nothing morbid intended), they will produce pups to start the new generation anyway, and I got used to seeing lots of those huge ones in California, and loved them. I can't say their exactly the "cuddly" type plants you'd want anywhere near a pathway though!! Ouch!!!