Amorphophallus
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Amorphophallus
My Amorphophallus has opened this year. What a stunning creature he is.
Not to pat myself on the back, but it's a brave woman who can stand directly over this potent plant and take its picture. Even with a cold, that baby had a strong aroma.
Not to pat myself on the back, but it's a brave woman who can stand directly over this potent plant and take its picture. Even with a cold, that baby had a strong aroma.
- Tundra_Queen
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A fine stinker you have grown there, Doris!
I've attached a picture from my one, taken last year (with the old camera). I'm hoping for another "flower" this summer, Dracunculus vulgaris seems to take longer here than in PNW.
Amorphophallus needs many more years to grow before it establishes a 2 m flowerspike, but then it's a reason to move unless you want to suffocate. There's a report on the net from somebody who wanted to stay with his flowering Amorphophallus in one room... read here http://www.kallus.com/aroids/amorphophallus/konjac/
I'm also growing Sauromatum, but it's still very tiny.
I've attached a picture from my one, taken last year (with the old camera). I'm hoping for another "flower" this summer, Dracunculus vulgaris seems to take longer here than in PNW.
Amorphophallus needs many more years to grow before it establishes a 2 m flowerspike, but then it's a reason to move unless you want to suffocate. There's a report on the net from somebody who wanted to stay with his flowering Amorphophallus in one room... read here http://www.kallus.com/aroids/amorphophallus/konjac/
I'm also growing Sauromatum, but it's still very tiny.
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- GrannyNanny
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I have always been puzzled over why anyone would WANT to grow something that isn't very pretty, and smells awful. Is it, as Sir Edmud Hilary said about Mount Everest, "because it is there!" -- in other words, for the challenge of growing it? If that's it, why not try Tibetan blue poppies? They are just as challenging, but look lovely and maybe even smell good! Phyllis
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