Amorphopahllus

[Gilda]

Amorphophallus

Looks like a little "love" went on amongst the amorphophallus or voodoo(with the emphasis on doo:rollhappy lily ! It has multiple stinkys this year !!

 

[NYEric]

I can't believe you grow this! Your friends must be pleasantly shocked too! :rollhappy:

 

[Gilda]

I can't believe you grow this! Your friends must be pleasantly shocked too! :rollhappy:

Eric,
I like the weird & unusual oke:! It is at the far corner of our lawn, near the pasture. You can see the stock pond in the far distance. That is an electric fence ,the line you see about 1/4 way down the top of the picture.
You really have to be fairly close to it to catch the "fragrance" ! Besides, we have horses in the pasture and are use to "fragrance". :wink:
I would not recommend this for a new York City apt. though !

 

[NYEric]

Eric,
I like the weird & unusual oke:!

We like you too!

 

[Candace]

Very cool, Gilda.

 

[swamprad]

Awesome! Do you know which species this is? I'd like to try growing them outdoors, too. Plant Delights has several species for sale.

 

[PaphMadMan]

Looks like Amorphophallus konjac. Very fun plant to grow, and I love the foliage even more than the flower. I have actually flowered this inside. The perfume was barely noticeable in an unheated garage with temps in the 40s (F).

 

[Eric Muehlbauer]

Great! i grow both A. konjac and bulbifer outdoors here in NYC, but neither have ever bloomed, although they come up reliably every year....Take care, Eric

 

[Gilda]

Looks like Amorphophallus konjac. Very fun plant to grow, and I love the foliage even more than the flower. I have actually flowered this inside. The perfume was barely noticeable in an unheated garage with temps in the 40s (F).

Thanks for the name ! I agree, the foliage is nice on these, very tropical looking. I really like the dark contrast of the blooming spike against all the green of Spring, too.
Ok experts , I have a question...how do these spread ? Rhizomes, bulbs ??? I am thinking it was a bulb my friend gave me ?

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Really interesting plant; I hadn't heard of it before. After googling the plant, I showed this thread to my husband and his only comment was "don't even think about it"... :rollhappy:

 

[rdhed]

My friends' bloomed this Spring down in her orchid room. She has a room she keeps the door closed on and it stays cooler in there. This is where she rests all dug up bulbs. When her's reached a certain point she put it in the orchid area so the lights would help develop the color. At first it was very pale/enemic looking. We went down one evening after it was fully developed and I thought I would "RALPH". I said I never wanted to smell that again.

 

[Heather]

Wow, Gilda! That is so neat that you can grow them outside and they multiplied? Awesome!

 

[NYEric]

Of course something that grows like this would propogate Silly!