by Lisa Steinkopf | Oct 30, 2018 | #TuesdayTidbits, BLOG, Cactus and Succulents, Conservatory, Houseplant Profile, Public Gardens
Have you ever smelled a stapelia flower? It isn’t pleasant. In fact, it is rotten. When I was at Matthaei Botanical Garden a few weeks ago all the stapelias and huernias were in bloom. The huernias weren’t smelly, but boy were the stapelias or corpse...
by Lisa Steinkopf | Oct 28, 2016 | BLOG, Cactus and Succulents, Conservatory, Houseplant Profile, Public Gardens
As Halloween approaches, it seemed only fitting to talk about a plant that is gross, but awesome at the same time. It smells like rotting flesh and attracts flies. Pretty disgusting, right? Yet, at the same time, pretty clever. Smell like rotting flesh, attract flies,...