{"id":3002,"date":"2010-10-28T18:07:43","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T01:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/28\/carrion-plant\/"},"modified":"2010-10-28T18:07:43","modified_gmt":"2010-10-29T01:07:43","slug":"carrion-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/28\/carrion-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrion Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the last couple of years, I have posted pictures of the Carrion Plant (Stapelia Gigantea) in September, the normal time for them to bloom. For whatever reason, this year they were about a month late. This is one of the last flowers to open in late October. Click on the image to enlarge.<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/vernabob.com\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/stapelia.jpg' title='stapelia.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/stapelia.jpg' alt='stapelia.jpg' width='500' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plantoftheweek.org\/week048.shtml\">Plant of the Week<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Stapelia gigantea<\/strong> is an interesting plant that resembles cactus, with clumps of 4-sided spineless stems. Carrion flowers are native to S. Africa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blooming Time<\/strong>: September. Flowers are large, fleshy, shaped as 5-pointed stars; they have an elaborate circular fleshy disk in the center. The flowers smell like carrion and are not offensive if blooming outside. Flowers are 10-16 inches across.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Culture<\/strong>: Stapelia gigantea need full sun and moderate water in the growing season. They need a well-drained soil (2 parts loam to 1 part sharp sand) with small pebbles mixed in for drainage. They need a cool, dry rest period in winter. Fertilize once during the growing season with a balanced fertilizer diluted to \u00bd the strength recommended on the label. They are best managed in pots and can withstand extreme heat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Propagation<\/strong>: Stapelia gigantea are propagated by stem cuttings. Take cutting in spring when new growth begins. Let cuttings callus up for 2-3 weeks before planting. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the last couple of years, I have posted pictures of the Carrion Plant (Stapelia Gigantea) in September, the normal time for them to bloom. For&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pretty-stuff","category-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}