Stapelianthus pilosus Lavranos & D.S.Hardy

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Origin and Habitat: Endemic to the arid southern parts of Malagasy Republic (Africa)
Type Locality: Southern Madagascar, Mt. Angavo

Common Names include:
CHINESE (中文): 毛茸角

 

Description: (Identifying Characteristics):
Habit: Clump-forming stem succulents 5–10 cm high, richly branched.
Stem: Vegetative shoots green to very dark brown, cylindrical, 2–30 cm long, 5–12 mm wide, 4–6(–8)-angled, with angles rounded, tuberculate.
Leaves: Reduced to strongly reflexed scales; scales constituting soft and brittle thorns.
Roots: Roots fibrous.
Inflorescence: Inflorescences at basal flanks of stems, 1–5-flowered, 1 flower open at times
Flower: 6–18 mm long, with 5 triangular lobes Yellow with brown spots.
Note: The flowers will give off odours when they completely open and if the plants need to be relocated when it blooms it's best to move the plant before the buds form, or after the flower begins to open. Moving the plants as they are developing buds may cause it to spontaneously abort its flowers all together.

 

Stapelianthus pilosus (llifle.com)

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