Carrion Flower

This is a starfish flower cactus or Stapelia grandiflora also known as a carrion flower. The smell of these flowers is like dead flesh. The attract flies for pollination. Despite its common name, this is not a cactus but it is a succulent. These plants are native to South Africa. Yes, they really do have a rather unpleasant smell, however, since I have almost no sense of smell at all, I am not the source for the editorializing about the smell.