Sturt Desert Rose........

[Dingo]

Named after one of Australia’s early explorers......

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sturt

It flowers rarely and as it’s name implies it grows in the arid regions of Australia but where did I see it? In my young fella’s garden where he ignores it which it seems to like.......

 

[Justin87]

Looks sort of like an orchid.

 

[YOTESHOOTER]

What a radiance of color, there is a lot of differences of colors and great brilliance in the "DOWN UNDER SIR DINGO", Thanks for sharing...

 

[coach482]

Can it kill you, and does it want to?

 

[Dingo]

Can it kill you, and does it want to?

Come on it’s Australia, of course it wants to kill you. It smells beautiful and the scent is hypnotic, so it draws you in to sniff it and when you do the pollen is highly corrosive so it firstly eats your olfactory nerves and then your brain. It is easy to tell those who have sniffed the rose, they wander around aimlessly saying G’day mate and drinking Fosters. I have heard of a similar plant in the US but the effects are slightly different, apparently they like a place called Walmart, drink a chemical concoction called Budweiser and wander around saying Hey y’all.

 

[Porter Rockwell]

Come it’s Australia, of course it wants to kill you. It smells beautiful and the scent is hypnotic, so it draws you in to sniff it and when you do the pollen is highly corrosive so it firstly eats your olfactory nerves and then your brain. It is easy to tell those who have sniffed the rose, they wander around aimlessly saying G’day mate and drinking Fosters. I have heard of a similar plant in the US but the effects are slightly different, apparently they like a place called Walmart, drink a chemical concoction called Budweiser and wander around saying Hi y’all.

Close they actually say “hey y’all”

 

[Dingo]

Close they actually say “hey y’all”

Thank you, amended accordingly.

 

[MuleShoe]

BEAUTIFUL FLOWER !

 

[HERMET]

I have several in my collection. They're a bit sticky to look after in our cooler climate. Mine spends half it's life in the greenhouse but they're beautiful when they bloom.

 

[Dingo]

I have several in my collection. They're a bit sticky to look after in our cooler climate. Mine spends half it's life in the greenhouse but they're beautiful when they bloom.

That’s great, post some pics please when they bloom.