i have a big hunk of stapelia a few feet long.. I'll cut it up unto a few pieces and give them away for $10 shipping included... mine doesn't have a bad smell... but it does attract flies...they lay eggs in the flowers...pollinating it as they do.. thinking the eggs are in a hunk of rotting meat that will nourish the young maggots as they hatch.. only to have the flower wilt and dry up.. killing the fly eggs.. but having pollinated the flower
