Stapelia gigantea

Stapelia gigantea is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to south eastern Africa. Growing to tall, it is a clump-forming succulent with erect green stems thick. In summer, large star-shaped 5-petalled flowers up to in diameter are borne. The flowers are red and yellow, wrinkled, with a silky texture and fringed with hairs. They have the smell of rotting flesh, in order to attract the flies which pollinate them. The plant is commonly referred to as Zulu giant, carrion plant or toad plant (although the name "carrion plant" can also refer to Stapelia grandiflora). Stapelia gigantea sometimes also goes by the name of Stapelia nobilis or Stapelia marlothii.