Can anyone tell me what kind of flowering cactus this is?
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Z on Sep 18, 2013Wow that is beautiful. I never seen one before so I Googled images for Blooming Succulents and found this: http://www.stevosphere.com/grayce-pages/carrion.html It's a Carrion Plant. Stapelia Gigantia, Family of Asclepiadaceae.Helpful Reply
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Margaret Gerhardt on Sep 18, 2013Beautiful but very smelly to the point of drawing green "blow" flies -- as in rotten meat, or feces.Helpful Reply
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Patricia W on Sep 18, 2013this reminds me of that big venus Flytrap in Little Shop of Horrors! very pretty!Helpful Reply
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BJ Ferland on Sep 19, 2013This is the Stapelia grandiflora. More information located here: http://www.cactus-art.biz/schede/STAPELIA/Stapelia_grandiflora/Stapelia_grandiflora/stapelia_grandiflora.htmHelpful Reply
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Carole on Sep 19, 2013I believe this is a succulent rather than a cactus. Cacti have spines. I think Becky is right! It does look like one of those smelly ones! Lucky you to get one as a freebie!Helpful Reply
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Evonne Kruger on Sep 20, 2013Looks like Venus Flytrap to me.Helpful Reply
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Leona G on Sep 20, 2013Carrion Plant cactus. Very smelly but I love the bloom. Just be sure if you plant it to put it somewhere where you don't have to smell it but you can enjoy the bloom.Helpful Reply
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Pamela Graham on Sep 20, 2013Run as fast as you can when they bloom....or don't stick your nose in the flower! :) Beautiful blooms to hold, not so much when you smell them! Carrion Plant definitely!Helpful Reply
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KMS Woodworks on Sep 20, 2013I had one of these for years and years. The flower is scented to attract "flies" rather than butterflies or bees. It is just natures way of filling a niche.Helpful Reply
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Matina V on Sep 20, 2013Yes! Succulent and beautiful smelly flowers. You must live in the right climate to have it bloom on you! I've had one in the Pacific NW for years but never a flower. I'm gonna put in in a greenhouse soon and see if that helps. Just gorgeous!Helpful Reply
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DeMarie I on Sep 20, 2013Little Shop of Horrors, for sure! LOL. Nature abhors a vacuum.Helpful Reply
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Sue Chancey on Sep 20, 2013stapallea grandifloraHelpful Reply
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Ann S on Sep 21, 2013Kelly this is a Starfish catus..Helpful Reply
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Colleen Colburn on Sep 21, 2013I live in Illinois and have two types of these. Mine bloom every year. One has a smaller bloom than the other. The flies love the flower.Helpful Reply
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Floy Height on Sep 22, 2013Stapelias are attractive to flies when they bloom.Helpful Reply
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Cathy Kurpil on Oct 15, 2013I bought one of these at a yard sale about 6 months ago, and it started blooming recently. It is such a cool plant! The blossoms die very quickly but I have had about ten so far. Every so often I do detect a slight odor when I walk through the courtyard...not enough to make me get rid of my alien plant though :)Helpful Reply
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