Wednesday 28 March 2012

Mystery Succulent Flower

I love a good mystery - don't you?

This little potted succulent was a leftover from the previous owner of the house. It's a little battler - it withers and shrinks and then comes back again, and has flowered each year with this bulbous purple lone flower.


To be honest it kind of freaks me out - once upon a time I worked on film about flesh eating vines, and they had waxy flowers that lured people to their death...(yah not exactly an award winner)... and I think it reminds me of them...

It also kind of reminds me of a banana flower - this one's on our tiny banana tree near the chicken coop - here's hoping that the bananas get a little bigger.


Anyway - my google searches haven't come up with anything - so if you know what my mystery succulent is please let me know!

5 comments:

  1. no idea what the heck that is. Definitely creepy- reminds me of a very scary Dr Who set in the snow that freaked me out for years. good luck with the search- keep us posted on the flower.melx

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  2. Being in Tassie it's really cool to see bananas in your garden. That mystery flower is amazing!

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  3. My dad's got one of these too and am busy putting together a photobook of their garden for them... would love to know what it is. Did you ever find out?

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  4. Think I found what it is ... Stapelia leendertziae! So happy to fill in the caption in my photobook for my parents. Thought I'd share :)

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  5. you're a gem! thanks so much for helping to solve the mystery!!

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