About 500, Bob.

This one is Stapelia hirsuta from Southern Africa. They attract pollinators by imitating an infected sore on an animal. The flowers smell so bad you can't breath too closely to them. They look and smell so much like rotten meat that flies are attracted and actually lay their eggs on them. I've seen them hatch and maggots emerge, and the flies of course are unwittingly pollinating the flower. This species reminds me of Patrick Star on Spongebob.

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Tim Vaughan, 48 years old, member Redeemer OPC, Santa Maria CA.