My beleaguered Huernia is finally starting to put out flowers. I still think it is a Huernia confusa due to the mottling of the annulus and the broken horizontal bands on the...uh...petals?
No smell on this one, thankfully. It's a crazy looking flower, but I love it! The texture is firm and waxy, like plastic: it looks and feels fake...but it lives! This plant needs a lot more water than I am used to giving succulents. If I let it dry out even slightly, flower buds start turning red and shriveling up. I've been making this mistake since I first potted this plant. Better dry than dead, yes, but I've missed out on many a flower before I realized my mistake. Oh, huernia, you thirsty lush!
A little shot of my currently blooming Asclepiadaceae ...
