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Old 16-08-2008, 11:49 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.gardens
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Default Stapelia variegata

(((LOL))) Good one Sue,
Just looked in my plant data base & it's the Stapelia gigantea that
stinks & attracts flies. I just
thought they all would.
Cheers Wendy
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Stapelia variegata
This one doesn't seem to attract flies & not sure if there is an odor?
Cheers Wendy


Have you sniffed it? Maybe it only smells at night (as some do) to
attract
moths. Beautiful flower, though.


I've got S variegata and I've never known it to attract flies, though when
it's warm the flowers smell unpleasant enough that I keep it on the
lavatory windowsill, where it can blame someone else.

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Sue ];(