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Scientific name: STAPELIA GIGANTEA
Common names:carrion flower, giant toad flower, Zulu giant, starfish flower, dead horse plant
Classification: Division: Magnoliophyta| Class: Magnoliopsida| SubClass: euasterid I| Order: Gentianales| SubOrder:| Family: Apocynaceae| SubFamily: Asclepiadoideae| Tribe: Stapelieae| SubTribe:
Region: native to the deserts of South Africa
Physical description: clustering succulent having deeply ribbed, fat stems 10-20 cm high, toothed along angles, silky olive green and velvety, with gigantic flowers to 20cm or more across, pale yellow with transverse crimson lines, varialbe in color, with forms more reddish, and covered with purplish or crimson hairs; exuding an offensive odor which attracts its chief pollinator,the fly.

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Tanzainian Zipper Plant, (Euphorbia anoplia)
Taxonomy- Family:Euphorbiaceae Genus:Euphorbia Species:anoplia

Peanut Cactus or Rose Quartz, (Chamaelobivia)