Starfish Cactus by clbsmiley

ShareShot • Flowers/Plants • posted on Oct 02, 2010

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Crystal my daughter-in-law took this. She did a marvelous job. I did the p/w. We always called it Donkey Tail. This is its very unique bloom. Starfish cactus is what I found online. Stapelia gigantea S. nobilis Orebea Variegata Have a wonderful day.

Comments (24)

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clbsmiley

9:38AM | Sat, 02 October 2010

Oh yeah, some kind of little green fly too. :)

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mikeerson

10:14AM | Sat, 02 October 2010

really cool picture, love the colors and you blended your butterflys in reallly nice, didn't see them right away - but then again, I've been up all night... I've been doing that alot lately.

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jendellas

10:14AM | Sat, 02 October 2010

That little green fly had to get in on the shot, you & your daughter in law did great here. Its an unusual cactus. Hope your weekend is good. xxxx

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durleybeachbum

10:16AM | Sat, 02 October 2010

Did you notice the SMELL? Rotting flesh.. that's how it attracts flies to pollinate it!

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rayag

10:39AM | Sat, 02 October 2010

This is beautiful!!

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MagikUnicorn

11:24AM | Sat, 02 October 2010

WOWWW BEAUTY

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renecyberdoc

11:27AM | Sat, 02 October 2010

this you dont see everyday for sure. have a nice weekend.

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Faemike55

11:43AM | Sat, 02 October 2010

Wonderful photo

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flavia49

11:52AM | Sat, 02 October 2010

wonderful image!!

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jmb007

2:02PM | Sat, 02 October 2010

belle etoile!!

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magnus073

10:01PM | Sat, 02 October 2010

This really is a fantastic capture, way to go Cheryl

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Jennyfnf

10:20PM | Sat, 02 October 2010

You both did a super job here. My congratulations! Even down to the little fly...I wonder if he survived.

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alessimarco

10:56PM | Sat, 02 October 2010

Marvelous capture of a unique plant!

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bazza

3:16AM | Sun, 03 October 2010

Definitely something you don't see every day nice image and P/W

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dochtersions

9:31AM | Sun, 03 October 2010

This is an amazing bloom. Wonderful*****

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elfin14doaks

12:08PM | Sun, 03 October 2010

That is way too pretty to be so smelly. Great shot Crystal, When are you opening your gallery here. Awesome post work Cheryl.

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sandra46

4:11PM | Sun, 03 October 2010

WOW! HOW BEAUTIFUL!

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Richardphotos

6:51PM | Sun, 03 October 2010

very beautiful flower

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npauling

7:44PM | Sun, 03 October 2010

A very unusual cactus and your p/w makes a great picture of it.

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myrrhluz

9:20PM | Sun, 03 October 2010

This is seriously cool, Cheryl! It does look like a starfish. Crystal did a excellent job capturing it, and got all those maze light stripes in wonderful detail. Great postwork! I like the pointed designs you added to the background and the butterflies. Great job you two!

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greyone

10:46PM | Mon, 04 October 2010

I never even knew such a cactus existed. Fantastic capture.

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amota99517

5:23PM | Tue, 05 October 2010

Cool shot!

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three_grrr

10:31PM | Tue, 05 October 2010

Just a little bottle fly to help the cactus with it's pollination. We always called them bottle flies becuase the green color is like those green glass bottles .. don't know if that's the right name for it or not. Nice work on both your parts!