want to try to ID this one?

[Gone Tropical]

I bought as 'Orbea lutea', but comparing it with online pictures it does not match up



the flower is small:



Any help is appreciated

[Boo Hollow]

Since "lutea" refers to yellow, this would be the key that the plant is mislabeled. Check out Pilbeam's new Stapeliads book. All 686 photos. I have seen this plant before, so I will thumb through my book and see if I can key it out. Possibly Orbea ubombonsis.

[Tim Harvey]

There are red forms of Orbea lutea (and ssp. vaga) so do not discount this when looking for ID confirmation.

T

[Gone Tropical]

thanks Boo, for the book recommendation. $59 for this book, just a bit too much for my meager salary :-/

Tim, I googled the red form, but it looks like those are not sold maroon but have some yellow in them.

thank you both!!

It seems like stapeliae are not 'in' anymore

[Tim Harvey]

Nothing wrong with Stapeliads - the fans are just not on here.

I went through Bruyns' book, Stapeliads of Africa and Madagascar, and the best match for your plant is indeed Orbea lutea.

T

[William Ross]

Not true.
Monadenium stapelioides
Huernia schneiderana
Ceropegia radicans ssp smithii
Ceropegia ampliata
Ceropegia debilis
Ceropegia woodii
Ceropegia linearis
Ceropegia cimiciodora
Stapelia gigantea
Cynanchum socatranum

[Gone Tropical]

thanks Tim, for checking for me, really nice of you.

And William, that's a nice collection. I don't own any Ceropegia, just a few of the 'stinky stars' ...

Evelyn

here's one of my favorites, Stapelia grandiflora:

[William Ross]

Heurnia schneideriana

[Gone Tropical]

Awesome close-up, William !

my Orbea schweinfurthii


btw, how do I leave a 'thank you' for a post?

[Allen Repashy]

Originally Posted by Gone Tropical

btw, how do I leave a 'thank you' for a post?

You click on the word "Thanks" over to the right at the bottom of each message.

[Gone Tropical]

got it! Why I did not see it, for me it shows up as 'broken image link'

[wantonamara]

It shows up as a ? for me. I guess that is a broken image link.

[Gone Tropical]

strange, seems to work for others, no? I am glad I am not the only one

[scotthawk]

This was blooming last night..pretty smelly! I think it is orbea lutea.

Scott

[scotthawk]

It might help if I included the pic!

[Kelly Griffin]

I would agree about the flower color not discounting the ID.

I got some of this a couple of years back and there were several different flower colors and forms which is often typical of seed collections. I did not say hybrid seed.

Often plants are named on characteristics that one collection has when the species might be broader then originally thought. The concept of a green titanota is difficult for some to accept!

[agavegreg]

Not difficult to accept, just waiting for the botanical description to be properly expanded to include them!

Originally Posted by Kelly Griffin

I would agree about the flower color not discounting the ID.

Often plants are named on characteristics that one collection has when the species might be broader then originally thought. The concept of a green titanota is difficult for some to accept!

[Gone Tropical]

Hello everyone :-)

this little stapeliad of mine is flowering again.
I did a bit more digging and was told it most likely is Orbea decaisneana

Since I don't like loose ends, I figured I post in case someone else is digging for just that one ;-)

[Shmuel]

Thank you, Gone Tropical, for the follow up post. It is very appreciated and many of us find it frustrating to be left hanging in an undecided thread.

May you see much success with your plants!

Shmuel

[FloraArida]

Here what I know as Stapelia or Orbea lutea. Is really yellow and pretty big