What is it?

I have no clue what it is, never seen anything like it.

The whole plant.

Dale,

I have one of these plants. It is Uncarina roeoesliana. I grow it in full sun and it blooms for most of the growing season.

Robin

http://www.huntingtonbotanical.org/WhatsInBloom/sept05/sept05-Pages/Image28.html

That was fast, thanks Robin.

love mine too.

Hi Dale, In our tampa, it blooms and blooms and blooms!! I gifted mine to a friend as it got so large i was getting tired of watering it...it likes alot of water! It does like to drop it's leaves and blossoms all over the place...but it is worth the efforts for it's non-stop blooms! sue

My friend in so Cal has a big one and says the same
They are very sloppy with leaf drop lol!!
But that caudex rocks!

No kidding about loving the water...I didn't know this plant was such a water hog when I invited it to live here in the desert with me (duh) but I do enjoy the blooms! It wants water every day here now (arrggghhhh) or it throws a snit and drops even more leaves than usual. A fuzzy prima donna. Not sure how long term this relationship will be! ;-)

lol, Sheri, Why do you think i gave it away!! Even in our humid state..it "sulks"if you forget to soak it even one day!! The aphids were loving it too...thank goodness for the Bayers Systemic..of course the fertilizer in that made the dern thing grow even more!! It was lovely, but i am glad it got a good home...the new owner is thrilled with "unkie"...sue