Thank you Donna, it does help to see all the pictures close together. I'm leaning towards Exposure as the closest match. Is that the only one in this color family whose petals curl back like that? My NOID has the same shape, and an unmarked green eye like your Exposure. The color on mine looks midway between your Vera and Exposure. I do actually have a Vera, but it hasn't bloomed since 2011 when the bulb was new. It's still recovering from nearly freezing next to a single-paned window. I went through a lot of older threads on here too. Ruled out Pink Diamond because I don't think mine is that strongly textured, and it's missing the red eye ring. Pink Diamond reminds me of seersucker fabric. Ruled out Candy Floss, mine has a bigger white star and only has a little darker feathering. Ruled out Amalfi because of bloom size.

Sand is not a good soil component either unless only used in small amounts. I use unglazed, un-dyed coarse gravel from the pet store. Here it costs $2.99 for a 5-lb bag. I mix that about 50-50 with soil from my garden. The soil is high in clay. When wet, it stays together. When mixed with gravel, it crumbles apart easily. I also add lava rock for those species that are more sensitive to overwatering. For me, Stapeliads do not qualify. If I were exposing them to unobstructed rain, then I would add lots more drainage material. Most of my plants are protected from rain in an unheated greenhouse. Since I use garden soil, extra fertilizer is not necessary, and when I repot in 2-3 yrs, the new soil will have new nutrients. Keep in mind though the soil I use has minimal compost and humus. It would be considered poor. I have a patch where I "quarry" from that remains bare. I would repot now. Keeping them in peat increases the likelihood the roots will dessicate, making it also more likely for the plant to rot when you start to water in the spring. I water mine lightly occasionally during the winter. As far as temps go, I have never had a problem exposing my Stapeliads to temps down to 29-30F. They are still outdoors now. Even Pseudolithos from "hot" Somalia doesn't mind the cold. I'd bring them in but space is limited so I stretch it out as much as I can. x

I am 60 years old, and have purchased three washing machines and two dryers in my life, and all were brand new. The first of each were a matched set -- Kenmore. They had "Sears Best" on them. Harvest Gold. That was July 1971. The washing machine was replaced with another brand new Kenmore in January 1982. Almond color. The dryer was still going strong. That second washing machine was replaced in (I think) late January 2008 with a brand new GE Profile. White. Although the 1971 Harvest Gold Sears Best Kenmore dryer was still going strong, a few months after we got the new GE Profile washing machine, we bought the matching GE Profile dryer, because we wanted to have a matched set. And we're still using the Sears Kenmore refrigerator that I bought brand new in July 1971. It, too, was Harvest Gold originally. I had it re-enameled in 1990, and it's now Slate Blue. Yes, I know it's absolutely NOT energy efficient, but I don't care. The darn thing works great, and we love it, so we're not going to replace it until we have to.

So sad, another cancer victim. I too just lost a friend to this monster a few days ago. Hurts.