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Caralluma acutangula Have seen it called ball of black flowers - does look black out of the sun. An amazing succulent. It is a stapeliad. It was just there and didn't see another. Afar,Awash National Park,Caralluma acutangula,Desmidorchis retrospiciens,Doho Lodge,Rift Valley

Caralluma acutangula

Have seen it called ball of black flowers - does look black out of the sun. An amazing succulent. It is a stapeliad. It was just there and didn't see another.

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NattyOne

Lion

I understand that Desmidorchis retrospiciens is asynonym for Caralluma acutangula

+ others https://www.gbif.org/species/3578737

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:95194-1

http://www.westafricanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=47&id=2189

See https://www.google.co.uk/search?sca_esv=0fc3c07800d1d512&q=caralluma+acutangula&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwisvKum0dqEAxV6UkEAHR5YD9AQ0pQJegQIDRAB&biw=1280&bih=593&dpr=1.5

https://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/SUCCULENTS/Family/Asclepiadaceae/17514/Boucerosia_acutangula Posted one year ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Remarkable plant! Posted one year ago

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The Desmidorchis retrospiciens

Desmidorchis retrospiciens is a flowering plant in the Desmidorchis genus.

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Similar species: Gentianales

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Canon EOS 5D Mark III
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ISO640
330mm