Wow, Karyn, I'm sorry to hear that about your NOL blooms..maybe weather? THAT is big & stinky! lol I hope that passes and they start blooming properly for you real soon.

That stinky bloom is cool..How in the world do you even walk in the Gh without gagging? lmao.

Passi is pretty :)

I can't walk into the greenhouse without holding my breath. It's easily as stinky as my Voodoo lilies and being in a confined space makes it even worse. My little ones never stink that much. This will not be spending next summer in the greenhouse! lol I'm almost afraid to ask but are the white clusters in the bloom maggot (fly) eggs? I don't want to go in there and see a bunch of squirming maggots. I might lose my cookies. I have a serious aversion to maggots. A bot fly (or a similar variety) laid an egg on/in my foot the last time I was in Central America. You don't want to know what happened.

Fun and yucky at the same time.

Karyn
They may be smelly but I like them.
I finally got a cutting last year.
Its doing go but no buds yet.
Its on the back porch.
I would hate to have it are the voodoo lily in a confind area.
Dorothy
P.S.
The other are beautiful and I bet they even smell good! LOL

GReeeeaaattt! I get out of bed to get a snack, figure I'll browse while eating..and ew you have to mention maggots. O and I just had to go and google 'giant stapelia maggots'..so gross.. I wouldnt look in there tomorrow if I were you Karyn..gag gag..they are eggs, tomorrow they will be maggots..That fixed my quarter to eleven snack craving..thanks for keeping me thin, lmao
check this link out..

O btw, I totally agree, dont put it in the GH next summer, lmao.
omg how I haaaate maggots. Now I wont be able to eat chinese food for quite awhile as well..

Here is a link that might be useful: and you have this plant why? Karyn, lmao

Hey Karyn, the name of you plant is
stapelia gigantea or Carrion flower,
and some people call it Starfish flower
they are lovely to see bloom but they do
stink and attract blow flies. They also
have one with a red flower. I think they
are neat,diffrent, guess that's why I like
them smell and all Lol! Yours is very pretty!
Susan

I've never been happier that I have ants in the greenhouse. They've eaten most of the maggots. So gross! Susan I have about 10 or so varieties but all my others have fairly small blooms and really have almost no odor. This one is just so stinky. I sent the close-up pic of the stapelia bloom to a few people and asked them to guess what it was. You should have seen some of the replies I got. lol Dorothy my Voodoo lilies are in the far corner of my yard, away from the house. I had made the mistake of planting them by the front door when I first got them. You can believe they were transplanted PDQ!

Wonderful Stapelia Karyn :) How big is the flower going across.. Your other pics are beautiful too....

Karyn, i hate maggots also, i tihnk they are just nasty eeeek. sorry to hear they laid an egg on your foot. save some voodoo lily seeds for me... if u get from your plants plaseee :)

I could never own one of these, don't get my wrong Karyn luv ya to death but I can NEVER understand why people buy these!THey defeats the whole ahhhhhh pretty flower feeling and make you feel like ewww I think I need to puke.

Daniella you should have known by the title not to EAT while coming...BACK to this stinky smelly subject roflmao

Karyn you are right...I do not need to see the words to match my imagination with the maggot egg on your foot :-(

Seeing the unusual bloom one would think it is worth the STINK lol Just wish I could see the WHOLE PLANT . Came a little late to this thread...still stinking Karyn?

Lucy

Really pretty Karyn!
I think the pretty flower is worth the smell......as long
as you dont have to stay around it too much! LOL
The one I have looks alot like yours, it bloomed last year
but it has`nt bloomed yet this year.
Thanks for sharing!

Karen