actual size: leaves cca 5-6 cm
actual size: leaves cca 5-6 cm

Stapelia schinzii (Meve) Bruyns      

DESCRIPTION: a spineless succulent with green, mostly purple-mottled stems and attractive star-shaped flowers with hairs along the edges of the petals. It forms lax clumps that sometimes spread for up to 1 m, with stems that arise from a short horizontal base. The stems are up to 7.5 cm long and 2 cm across. Flowers are usually solitary, up to 22.5 cm in diameter, greenish or reddish-brown with purplish wrinkles.

DISTRIBUTION: Namibia, Botswana, Angola.