That is awesome. Looking forward to the bloom on this one.
cheers,
BD
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Amorphophallus riverii 'Konjac'
The tuber of mine haven't gotten big enough to flower, but that's okay -- I can wait. I grow them more as foliage plants. Love the "tree-like" look of the leaf.
That is awesome. Looking forward to the bloom on this one.
cheers,
BD
I do not know this plant, but very interesting and beautiful. What category does it fall into ? (palm or dessert rose????? ) Pardon my ignorance on this one.
Nice one. I used to have an amorpophallus titanum for about 2 years on its 3rd year on rest period the tuber get bad, and i lost my plant.
wow!!!!!!!!!! that is cool. i don;t think i have ever seen this one before. i have the more common 'voodoo lily' venosum.
Are these the plants with ENORMOUS blooms? This could be interesting on a balcony
That is a big plant quite interesting the foliage is awesome.When I was in the jungle I saw many of this plants but I never meet any in bloom very unlucky and was told it has very bad smell can be detected almost about few meter in the forests.
LOL. Indeed they are, Katherine. However, the flower could prove far more interesting to your local fly population. As Zain mentioned, the flower does have a stench -- that of rotting meat ... hence one of its common names "Carrion Flower". Flies are the main pollinators.
No need to ask for pardon, my dear.
Amorphophallus are neither palms nor a type of desert rose (Adenium). Nor, despite their common name -- "Voodoo Lily", are they related to lilies either. Rather they belong to the Family Aracea (also known as the arum family or aroids). This is a huge Family which also includes Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum (the so-called "Peace Lily" which is also not a lily at all), Anthurium, and Dieffenbachia among many others.
What you are seeing in the photos above is actually a single large leaf with the "trunk" simply being the petiole (leaf stem).
Very interesting , Pavel. Like Zainal we meet quite a lot of these in our jungles and rubber estates. I have never seen the flowers though. The tubers are edible and make quite tasty curries. I understand the Japanese use it in their soups.
Pavel, I never see this plant I do not know this .But it is very interesting.