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Centreville, md eastern shore  Susalie Mar 23, 2018 5:51 PM CST |
Hi. I don't know what this is. My aunt gave me a piece of this plant about 10 yrs ago. She had it in a hanging basket on her back porch. It gets a pink colored flowers on it, in the summer. I leave it outside till frost comes. Then bring it in.  |
Name: Lin Florida Zone 9b, 10a              plantladylin Mar 23, 2018 7:03 PM CST |
| I'm not sure but it reminds me of Starfish Plant (Ceropegia gigantea) ~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot! ~ |
Centreville, md eastern shore Susalie Mar 24, 2018 6:18 AM CST |
| Thank you! That's exactly the flowers that bloom. Wrote in down so I won't forget. |
Name: Ursula Fair Lawn NJ, zone 6b              Ursula Mar 24, 2018 4:07 PM CST |
| Except that this is not a Ceropegia, but rather Stapelia gigantea. (error in data base) calling @zuzu @Australis Never mind, I seem to remember I asked this before..... Didn't realize those guys are now called Ceropegia. ( .....as synonym. Kew still has Stapelia listed as accepted name. ) |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost    DaisyI Mar 24, 2018 4:23 PM CST |
| Thank you Ursula. I agree with you 100% but someone is about to point out to you that The Catalogue of Life seems to have moved Stapelia gigantea to Ceropegia gigantea. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Name: Ursula Fair Lawn NJ, zone 6b Ursula Mar 24, 2018 4:39 PM CST |
Yes, I just realized that!  You know, only a person who never grew either Ceropegias or Stapelias must have done that. I just checked - The Catalogue of life also lists it as Stapelia gigantea as the accepted name. |
Name: Lin Florida Zone 9b, 10a plantladylin Mar 24, 2018 6:53 PM CST |
| LOL, I never even noticed the name change! I searched the database for Stapelia gigantea because that's what Susalie's plant reminded me of. It amazes me how plants are being moved from one genus to another anymore; difficult to keep up with all the name changes. The only plant I knew as Ceropegia is the one below that I grew a number of years back. It's a vine with no visible similarities whatsoever to the Starfish plant that I thought was still considered Stapelia.  ~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot! ~ |
Name: Zuzu Northern California (Zone 9a)         |
| The Stapelia genus no longer exists. All of its species have been reclassified as species of Ceropegia. I don't know where you found your information, Ursula, but the Catalogue of Life clearly lists S. gigantea as a synonym. It was a fairly recent change, so you may have been looking at an outdated CoL entry. http://www.catalogueoflife.org... Also, I never received notification that you were summoning me in this thread. I see that you edited that post. If you added my name in an edit, the summons would not work. |
Name: Ursula Fair Lawn NJ, zone 6b Ursula Mar 24, 2018 8:41 PM CST |
| Zuzu, sorry! Yes, I must have come across an outdated entry. I must accept that Genera of Succulents also undergo major changes.This one is a bit tough to swallow though. I suppose I have to quit using Kew as they disagree. my apology |
Name: Zuzu Northern California (Zone 9a) |
| Kew will catch up, Ursula. I think Kew doesn't update as frequently as the CoL. This particular one was a major taxonomic change, involving dozens of genera, including some that had always been difficult to distinguish from one another, at least for me. I no longer have to wonder whether something's a Stapelia or a Huernia, or possibly an Orbea. They're all Ceropegias now. |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost DaisyI Mar 25, 2018 12:27 AM CST |
| Well that's just sad. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost Webmaster: osnnv.org |
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