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Posted 3Y ago by @Jamilea

First bloom of our Zulu Giant!

First bloom of our second season! #StapeliaGigantea #StarfishCactus flower">#stinkyflower
8โ€ pot
Last watered 2 weeks ago
What does it smell like ?
VERY cool!
This is awesome! And reminds me of Stranger Things for some reason lol โœจ
@Herbalgreen25 Iโ€™m guessing from the name that it smells pretty nasty! Malodora- so good. These are corpse flowers so they smell likeโ€ฆ you knowโ€ฆ to attract flies, their pollinators.
@Herbalgreen25 smells like a rotting dead animal. As you can see they attract flies and they lay their babies to eat the dead animal as they grow. But they donโ€™t have anything to eat so they die and donโ€™t get very big.
@Herbalgreen25 rotten meat ๐Ÿคข But so worth it!
This one looks really cool with that yellow color. These are one of my favorites because theyโ€™re so exotic and unusual.
@PlantingPeace definitely demogorgon-esque!
Mine has bloomed a few times this year. Has two more flower buds growing now. But mine has that Demigorgon look. I would like to get one that looks different
@Colin itโ€™s not a pleasant smell but not super strong. However when I put it outside, the flies literally swarm it.
@PlantingPeace yep it definitely has the Demigorgon look
Iโ€™m hoping I brought it inside before they had a chance to lay eggs!!
@Jamilea yours looks so cool yellow like that
@SirLiquorice same!!
@Jamilea the maggots donโ€™t survive long anyway
Sometimes it opens weird. Lol. The first flower I found in the dark and it kinda freaked me out to find this hairy Demigorgon flower in the dark. I have to find the first pic
@SirLiquorice these flowers are HUGE! 13 inches across!
I went outside to find this. First time it had ever bloomed. The flowers didnโ€™t stink much then. Now theyโ€™re starting to really smell much stronger. It choked me out last time bringing it inside for pics. Lol. Never had that problem with the first 3 or 4 flowers
@Jamilea I was going to say that flower looks gigantic judging by how small the flies look
@Jamilea mine has stinkier flowers now but nowhere close to that large. More like half that size or smaller
@Jamilea looks like yours gets multiple at once also. Mine so far hasnโ€™t had more than one bloom at a time
@SirLiquorice I have 4 that have opened in the past two days and more on the way!