Stapeliads
"Hidden Treasures of the Desert"
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Stapeliads belong to the Asclepiad plant family (Asclepiadaceae), and the majority are found in the arid regions of South Africa and Madagascar. Some species are however scattered higher up in Africa, and grow as far north as the southern regions of Europe. Due to the remoteness and harsh climates that Stapeliads thrive in, most people aren't fortunate enough to ever see some of the most spectacular flowers on the planet. I would like to make use of this opportunity to share the beauty of these rare and unusual flowers from the Deserts of South Africa..! |
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Digital Macro Photographs of Asclepiads (including Stapeliads, Ceropegias and Hoya) by Martin Heigan.
Macro Camera Equipment:
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Stapeliads:
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Stapelia flavopurpurea (Corona)
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Stapelia flavopurpurea
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Pectinaria articulata subsp. asperiflora
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Pectinaria articulata subsp. asperiflora
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Huernia hystrix
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Huernia hystrix
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Huernia hystrix
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Huernia hystrix subsp. parvula
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Stapelia grandiflora
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Stapelia grandiflora
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Stapelia hirsuta var. hirsuta
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Stapelia hirsuta var. hirsuta
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Stapelia schinzii var. schinzii (Corona Close Up)
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Stapelia leendertziae (Corona deep inside flower)
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Stapelia obducta
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Stapelia asterias
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Orbea hardyi
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Caralluma hexagona
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Stapelia gettliffei X Tavaresia barklyi (Corona
Close Up)
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Stapelia gettliffei X Tavaresia barklyi
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Orbea variegata (Corona)
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Orbea variegata (Corona)
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Huernia zebrina subsp. magniflora
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Huernia zebrina subsp. magniflora
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Huernia zebrina subsp. magniflora
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Huernia zebrina subsp. zebrina
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Huernia humilis
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Huernia thudichumii
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Orbea variegata (Corona)
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Orbea variegata (Corona)
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Huernia volkartii
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Huernia volkartii (Extreme Macro)
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Huernia volkartii
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Richtersveldia columnaris
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Huernia longituba subsp longituba
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Huernia longituba subsp longituba
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Orbea variegata
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Orbea variegata
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Hoodia gordonii growing in nature
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Hoodia gordonii growing in nature
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Hoodia gordonii growing in nature
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Hoodia gordonii growing in nature
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Orbea huillensis subsp. huillensis
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Stapelia schinzii var. schinzii (Opening)
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Huernia thuretii var. primulina
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Stapelia divaricata
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Huernia hystrix
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Huernia guttata
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Huernia guttata
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Huernia guttata
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Huernia longii
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Huernia pendula growing in nature
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Huernia pendula
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Stapelia paniculata var. scitula
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Orbea verrucosa hybrid
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Echidnopsis cereiformis
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Duvalia parviflora
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Australluma ubomboensis
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Huernia plowesii
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Duvalia caespitosa ssp. vestitia
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Huernia barbata
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Orbea woodii
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Duvalia caespitosa X Huernia pillansii hybrid
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Stapelia schinzii var. schinzii Close-Up
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Huernia thuretii
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Piaranthus decorus ssp. cornutus
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Stapelia schinzii var. schinzii (Symmetry)
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Stapelia gigantea
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Piaranthus decipiens Ckose-Up
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Orbea verrucosa Close-Up
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Larryleachia marlothii (about to flower)
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Stapelia schinzii var. schinzii (Symmetry)
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Piaranthus decorus ssp. cornutus
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Piaranthus decipiens
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Stapelia leendertziae
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Stapelia unicornis
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Piaranthus decipiens Close-Up
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Orbea variegata
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Stapelia leendertziae
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Stapelia leendertziae
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Orbea variegata
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Stapelia clavicorona
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Stapelia clavicorona
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Huernia insigniflora
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Duvalia polita
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Duvalia elegans
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Huernia insigniflora
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Huernia pillansii
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Orbea paradoxa
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Huernia insigniflora
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Echidnopsis watsonii
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Orbea paradoxa
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Huernia pillansii
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Duvalia elegans
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Stapelia baylissii
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Echidnopsis watsonii
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Stapelia kougabergensis
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Richtersveldia columnaris (was Notechidnopsis columnaris)
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Huernia hislopii (cross-section)
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Duvalia modesta
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Duvalia modesta Close-Up
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Orbea paradoxa
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Huernia humilis
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Huernia humilis Time-Lapse Quicktime
Movie
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Huernia schneideriana
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Stapelia hirsuta
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Stapelia hirsuta
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Huernia procumbens
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Huernia barbata
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Huernia barbata
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Tavaresia barklyi (cross-section)
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Tavaresia barklyi
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Tavaresia barklyi
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Stapelia asterias
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Tavaresia divaricata
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Stapelia divaricata
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Tromotriche choanantha
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Stapelia pillansii
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Stapelia paniculata var. scitula
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Stapelia paniculata var. scitula
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Stapelia paniculata var. scitula
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Stapelia paniculata var. scitula
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Stapelia gettliffei Time-Lapse Quicktime
Movie
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<- The culprit that bumped the Stapelia gettliffei
camera
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Stapelia gettliffei
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Stapelia gettliffei macro
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Stapelia hirsuta macro
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Huernia barbata macro
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Huernia hystrix growing in nature
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Huernia hystrix growing in nature
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Huernia pillansii macro
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Stapelia schinzii var. schinzii Time-Lapse Quicktime
Movie
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Huernia pendula growing in nature
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Huernia pendula growing in nature
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Stapelia gettliffei X Tavaresia barklyi Time-Lapse
Quicktime
Movie
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Stapelia gettliffei X Tavaresia barklyi macro
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Stapelia gettliffei X Tavaresia barklyi extreme
macro
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Stapelia gettliffei X Tavaresia barklyi macro
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Stapelia hirsuta var. hirsuta
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Stapelia hirsuta var. hirsuta macro
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Tromotriche revoluta Time-Lapse Quicktime
Movie
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Tromotriche revoluta
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Tromotriche revoluta
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Tromotriche revoluta maro
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Tromotriche revoluta macro
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Stapelia grandiflora
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Stapelia hirsuta var. hirsuta
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Stapelia hirsuta var. hirsuta
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Hoodia grandis
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Hoodia grandis
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Hoodia grandis
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Larryleachia marlothii (about to flower)
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Larryleachia marlothii (about to flower)
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Stapelia obducta macro
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Stapelia obducta
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Stapelia obducta macro
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Stapelia obducta macro
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Stapelia obducta macro
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Duvalia polita
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Larryleachia marlothii (first flower)
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Larryleachia marlothii (first flower)
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Stapelia gettliffei
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Stapelia hirsuta var. hirsuta macro
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Stapelia hirsuta var. hirsuta
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Hoodia pilifera subsp. annulata
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Hoodia pilifera subsp. annulata
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Hoodia pilifera subsp. annulata
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Hoodia pilifera subsp. annulata
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Hoodia pilifera subsp. annulata
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Larryleachia marlothii flowers
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Larryleachia marlothii (flower size reference)
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Larryleachia marlothii (rarity: 6 petal flower)
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Larryleachia marlothii (rarity: 6 petal flower)
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Hoodia pilifera subsp. annulata
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Orbea verrucosa (6 petals)
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Larryleachia marlothii (new growth)
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Orbea variegata (first flower, late winter)
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Huernia insigniflora
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Orbea verrucosa (7 petals)
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Orbea verrucosa (Double flower, 10 petals)
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Hoodia grandis
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Hoodia grandis
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Echidnopsis cereiformis
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Stapelia kougabergensis
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Stapelia kougabergensis buds
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Stapelia kougabergensis
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Stapelia kougabergensis
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Stapelia kougabergensis
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Stapelia kougabergensis
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Hoodia gordonii X Hoodia pilifera hybrid flower
bud
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Hoodia gordonii X Hoodia pilifera opening in the
evening
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Hoodia gordonii X Hoodia pilifera hybrid flower
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Huernia guttata
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Duvalia caespitosa X Huernia pillansii natural
hybrid
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Duvalia caespitosa X Huernia pillansii natural
hybrid
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Duvalia caespitosa X Huernia pillansii natural
hybrid
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Larryleachia picta
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Orbea verrucosa hybrid (closing flower with
only 4 petals)
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Orbea verrucosa hybrid (6 petals)
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Orbea dummeri
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Orbea dummeri
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Huernia distincta (Huernia clavigera X Huernia
pillansii hybrid)
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Huernia distincta (Huernia clavigera X Huernia
pillansii hybrid)
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Orbea variegata flower and bud
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Echidnopsis cereiformis
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Huernia guttata ssp. reticulata
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Huernia guttata ssp. reticulata flower bud
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Huernia guttata ssp. guttata
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Huernia thudichumii flower
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Huernia thudichumii flower (Corona)
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Hoodia gordonii hybrid flower
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Hoodia flava flower and buds
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Orbea carnosa ssp. keithii (was Pachycymbium keithii)
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Orbea carnosa ssp. keithii (was Pachycymbium keithii)
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Caralluma hexagona
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Caralluma hexagona
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Hoodia pilifera subsp. annulata seedling
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New Hoodia growth
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Hoodia flava
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Hoodia flava
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Hoodia gordonii hybrid flowers
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Hoodia gordonii hybrid flower corona
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Tromotriche longipes
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Tromotriche umdausensis
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Pectinaria maughanii flower and buds
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Huernia quinta var. quinta (Corona)
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Orbea verrucosa hybrid flower
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Orbea gerstneri ssp. elongata
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Richtersveldia columnaris
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Richtersveldia columnaris
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Stapelia peglerae
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Stapelia peglerae
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Stapelia leendertziae
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Huernia praestans (Corona)
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Stapelia engleriana
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Stapelia engleriana (Corona)
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Stapelia flavopurpurea (Corona)
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Stapelia flavopurpurea
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Stapelia arenosa
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Stapelia arenosa (Corona)
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Duvalia caespitosa (Corona)
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Duvalia caespitosa
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Duvalia caespitosa
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Duvalia caespitosa (Corona)
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Duvalia caespitosa
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Duvalia caespitosa
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Orbea carnosa ssp. keithii (Corona)
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Orbea semitubiflora
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Orbea verrucosa hybrid (with 7 petals, not 5)
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Tromotriche longii
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Stapelia engleriana
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Stapelia engleriana (Corona)
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Pectinaria articulata subsp. asperiflora
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Pectinaria articulata subsp. asperiflora
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Huernia procumbens (6 petals)
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Orbea paradoxa (endangered)
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Orbea macloughlinii
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Orbea doldii
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Huernia verekeri
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Orbea paradoxa (endangered)
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Stapelia gettliffei X Tavaresia barklyi hybrid
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Stapelia gettliffei X Tavaresia barklyi hybrid
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Larryleachia picta
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Larryleachia picta
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Hoodia flava
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Huernia guttata
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Piaranthus germinatus
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Piaranthus germinatus
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Tromotriche longii
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Hoodia flava (flower bud opeining)
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Duvalia corderoyi
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Duvalia corderoyi
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Stapelia gigantea flower & buds
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