Succulent Persian Carpet Flower

The remarkable flower is at times described as the persian carpet flower.

Succulent persian carpet flower.

The stems have sharp green to red teeth. The five angled stems are 2 3cm in diameter more or less branched and armed with hard brown very acute spinelike teeth. This plant can measure up to 30 cm long and approximately 4 cm in diameter. Require much light and relatively high winter temperatures.

Edithcolea grandis persian carpet flower is a succulent with leafless richly branched stems and attractive pale yellow flowers with red brown spots. The carrion like smell of the flowers attracts flies and other insects for pollination. It has gained a reputation as a particularly difficult plant to keep alive because of its very specific growing needs with much light and relatively high above 60 f 15 c winter temperatures. Long purple hairs are present at the border of the brim of the outer corolla lobes.

Edithcolea grandis is a one of the handsomest and most distinct of all the stapelioid group. The cacti is a leafless beautiful plant that grows a large pale yellow flower with red to brown spots. Persian carpet flower is occasionally cultivated as an ornamental in desert gardens worldwide. The remarkable flower is at times described as the persian carpet flower.

Edithcolea grandis is also commonly known as the persian carpet flower.