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  Huernia humilis CACTUS ART
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Flowers very beautiful highlighted by dramatic colours, 2.5 cm in diameter, solitary or in pairs, whitish, spotted with red and with a vivid red central prominent (but false) annulus.

Family: Asclepiadaceae (Apocynaceae)  (Milkweeds family)

Scientific name:
Huernia humilis Haworth,
Syn. Pl.
Succ. 30.

Synonyms:
Orbea humilis

This species is closely related to Huernia insigniflora.

Origin: From the Eastern Cape Province. South Africa


Readily branching species with small compact creeping stems, uniform green to greyish segment, (or spotted with reddish-brown), square in section.

 

 

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