Hybrid of Echidnopsis cereiformis with erect stems and tubercles that are not very evident (stems are almost smooth). Flowers apical, 0.7-0.8 cm in diameter, star-shaped, green slightly shaded with red on the lobe tips. Unusual and peculiar. Half shade. Well drained medium that must be kept...

Stems erect, clumping, four-angled. Flowers star-shaped, 2.5 cm in diameter, cream-yellow with concentric dark red stipes. Flowers open in rapid succession. Origin: Namibia and South Africa (Eastern Cape). Cutting Rooted cutting

~~Stems 5- or 6-angled in section, 5 cm long, 6 mm in diameter, erect, tufted, toothed. Flowers tubular-campanulate, 2-3 cm in diameter, light cream finely spotted with brown-red, papillose in the throat. Corolla tube slightly swollen at the base. Native to Zimbabwe, where it grows in sandy or...

Species whose stems are cylindrical and slender, pendulous or creeping, rooting at contact with the soil. The flowers have lobes that are more or less erect, densely papillose inside and dark brown-red in colour. South Africa (Eastern Cape). Cutting  Rooted cutting

~~Stems big, erect, velvety, square in section, with winged ribs, 3 cm wide and much higher than other Stapelieae. Flowers star-shaped, to 25 cm in diameter, yellow with thin purple stripes, with bristles. Easy. Fast growing. Keep in half shade in Summer. Species of southern Africa. Talea

~~ Stems succulent, up to 25 cm high. Leaves fleshy, peltate, roundish-ovate, acuminate at apex, 9 cm in diameter. Colombia and Peru. Very beautiful and elegant. Not hardy. Keep in a shaded place. Abundant waterings in summer. 12 cm pot