Huernia Species Help : Updated

[rtb1980]

Hi everyone,

I have a Stapelia that was given to me as a small cutting, by a friend last year. This is my first time seeing it bloom and I can't find any similar flowers online.

EDIT: This has been identified as a Huernia schneideriana.

The flower is just a little larger than a Quarter.

Does this look familiar to anyone?

Thanks for your help!

-Rich

[Wise guy]

Hi, this is one of the Huernia species, but there are a number of them that are very similar, so a positive id is tricky from a photograph. They are closely related to the Stapelia genus. I hope this helps, all the best, Mike

[mmcavall]

Looks like Huernia schneideriana, but as Wise Guy pointed out, it is difficult to reliably ID at species level.

[rtb1980]

Thank you both so much. I think you guys are correct.

I should have known it was a Huernia. I actually have another Huernia, H. zebrina.

Thanks for your help!

[williamsii823]

Now, This is Huernia schneideriana. But, there are many varieties of schneideriana. There is H.s. "Elvis", H.s. "Owl Eyes", H.s. "Red Dragon" (probably yours, it's the most common), H.s. "Black Velvet", and H.s. "Ming Tao". Those are the varieties that I know about, and have. There must be more. And all are some degree of red, with "Black Velvet" being very dark maroon, almost purple. And "Ming Tao" being a light red, sort of deep pinky orangey red. "Elvis" has very pointy tips, and "Ming Tao" has more rounded tips. Hybridizing has produced so many varieties of a already difficult to identify plant that sometimes you have to wonder why anyone has bothered!