Orbea melanantha is a mat-forming succulent with decumbent stems with prominent deltoid tubercles joined into four thick continuous wing…
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Orbea is a genus of succulents from eastern and southern Africa. They are closely related to the genus Stapelia. The name of the genus derives from the Latin word "orbis", meaning "circle, disc".
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Orbea semitubiflora is a beautiful succulent that forms a cluster of grayish-green stems with unique purple markings. The stems are erect…
Orbea schweinfurthii is a mat-forming succulent with unusual star-shaped yellow to brown flowers spotted with wine-red, beige, or purple…
Orbea hardyi is a creeping succulent with worm-like, slightly 4-angled, pale green or grey to reddish stems depending on the light, but…
Orbea namaquensis (Namaqua Orbea) is a clumping or mat-forming succulent with leafless, shortly prostrate at first, then decumbent stems…
Orbea semota subsp. orientalis is a much-branched succulent that grows up to 4 inches (10 cm) tall, forming small mats. It is…
Orbea distincta is a succulent plant with trailing branched stems with cylindrical cross-section and well-developed, tapering, alternating…
Orbea macloughlinii is a succulent plant that grows in clumps of short, fleshy, pale green stems. In summer, the star-shaped flowers lie…
Orbea wissmannii subsp. parviloba is similar to Orbea wissmannii subsp. wissmannii but has thinner corolla lobes. The corona is yellow…
Orbea deflersiana is a succulent plant with densely clustered stems or growing in cushion-like form. The stems are grey-green…