A large, just opening blossom flower of a Stapelia gigantea, commonly known as the "starfish flower" cactus. A succulent, native to South Africa, of t

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A large, just opening blossom flower of a Stapelia gigantea, commonly known as the "starfish flower" cactus. A succulent, native to South Africa, of the Apocynaceae family. It is also called the carrion flower and the flowers are up to 40 cm in diameter when opened.

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