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Old 09-28-2011, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt Maggio View Post
This had to be the most rank ever!

Stapelia schinzii from Namibia:
Great plant, Matt, but IME the smaller the stinkier - it doesn't make initial sense but that's what I've found.

Have you grown/smelled a Caralumma socotrana? It roils the gut just remembering it.

I don't have any more succulent-stemmed Asclepiads any more but back in the day - this one smelled vaguely of old and slightly-used socks:

Tromotriche engleriana



I forget the name of this one, but it was just so-so stinky.



Of course there are the ever-popular aberrant Ascleps:


And this might be Orbea ciliatum?

Last edited by cactusmcharris; 09-28-2011 at 12:45 PM. Reason: Added pic and commentary
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