![]() They are popular and easy to keep in the garden or in pots, especially as it requires very little water. In traditional medicine these plants are used to treat pain, constipation and bruising, and also as a magic charm against evil and lightning. The flowers are in the leaf axils and look like round broccoli florets and actually have small yellow flowers like broccoli, too. It is considered to be of least concern, but some wild populations are declining due to extensive collection for ornamental and medicinal use. Giant Carrion Flowers occur naturally in all the countries of Southern Africa ( Angola, Zambia and Malawi southwards) and in all South Africa’s provinces. Pollination of the carrion flowers of an African stapeliad (Ceropegia mixta: Apocynaceae): the importance of visual and scent traits for the attraction of. The Rafflesia flower or known as the corpse flower grows in the yard of a coastal resident to be precise RT 02, Suak Labu Village, Kuala Betara District. Giant Carrion Flowers grow best in dry, hot areas and rocky outcrops. Probably not surprising, the flowers are pollinated by flies, and so convincing is the smell that flies often lie their eggs on the flower! The seedpod that develops from pollinated flowers carries lots of plumed seeds that are dispersed by the wind, but they can also be propagated vegetatively as the stems will easily re-root. Their succulent, green stems are small by comparison, growing around 25cm tall only. These flowers can be borne at any time of year, though mainly in late summer and early autumn. The Giant Carrion Flower is notable not only for the smell of its flowers, which really does smell like rotting meat (especially on a hot afternoon!), but also because it boasts the biggest flowers – up to 40cm across! – of any South African plant.
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