That is very pretty with many blooms on each basket. Hot pink is so bright and pretty. marie

So far I've had 3 varieties of stapelias bloom and none have been stinky. I was expecting them to smell like my Voodoo lilies which I made the mistake of planting near my front door when I first planted them years ago. It was horrible. It smelled like I was hiding a corpse in my foyer! lol I don't think that epi fruit is edible. It does have a slight sweet scent but the texture is just too nasty to even think about tasting. I'm not even looking forward to separating out the seeds. I grow a bunch of plants from seed that take forever to bloom. It's just so cool when they finally do flower. My problem is that I grow a little bit of everything and some varieties more then a little bit. Space and my utility bills are a big problem in the winter. I've always grown tropical plants but when I stopped working my collection really got out of hand. Just ask my family. lol Karyn

I was given a cutting of E. oxypetalum a couple of years ago but my plant has yet to bloom for me so I'm a little envious of you guys. I grew both Cryptocereus anthonyanus and Epiphyllum anguliger until one fall I didn't get them back in the greenhouse soon enough:(. These two used to start setting buds the end of september outside where they lived from spring through summer and into fall, they bloomed though out the fall and into winter in the greenhouse, their scent to me was reminiscent of hawthorn flowers. Does anyone know where I can buy either of these two or both, I've been looking but so far no luck. Annette

Roselee's Epi is a E. strictum and mine is a E. oxipetelum. Her blossoms will last into the day. Mine will not unless it is cloudy out. Yea , Here it is in its winter spot. Hard to think of winter time when we are having fall crisp 90's. Second picture is when I realized it was below freezing in my "kitchen" that night. I think it was 12 outside. YUCK I had potted it up in a smaller pot and trimmed it back .The wind picked that plant up off a 2'high porch in that pot and threw it on the ground about three feet away and broke it so I did loose some branches off of it. and I trimmed it back further. My problem is keeping it small so it will be small enough to house. It is a real balancing act. They like to have their roots crowded but one doesn't want them tipping over in a pot that is too small. So now I have it in a light plastic pot that fits in my large VERY heavy planter that I do not move..Last years freeze did not help this plant. It is a bit tired still and recuperating. It staid around 28- 26 for three days.