The starfish flower cactus is startling to behold and smell. The cactus has light yellow blooms with red squiggly lines all over. The blooms are almost a foot across, so big that they just about ...

I have a plant that I grew from a cutting a friend gave me. It produces a beautiful flower that looks like a large, slightly hairy starfish. Unfortunately, the flower smells like rotten meat and ...

I have a plant that I grew from a cutting a friend gave me. It produces a beautiful flower that looks like a large, slightly hairy starfish. Unfortunately, the flower smells like rotten meat and ...

Question: I recently purchased two Stapelia, or starfish flower succulents. The first is planted in a west-facing courtyard. Right now, it gets only sporadic sun, but will get lots more as the season ...

My husband Ralph he bent down for a closer look at the large starfish-shaped blooms that had spread out of the flowerbed and sprawled across the driveway. “It’s supposed to smell like rotten meat,” I ...