a green fly ready to pollinate a giant Stapelia; Stapelia gigantea is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to south eastern Africa. Growing to 20 cm (8 in) tall, it is a clump-forming succulent with erect green stems 3 cm (1 in) thick. In summer, large star-shaped 5-petalled flowers up to 35 cm (14 in) in diameter are borne. The flowers are red and yellow, wrinkled, with a silky texture and fringed with hairs. They have the appearance and smell of rotting flesh, in order to attract the flies which pollinate them. The plant is commonly referred to as the carrion or toad plant; to be clear: the color, hairs and odor are like the "backside" of an animal;