amorphophallus

For some reason, this is both intreaguing and oddly morose at the same time... http://www.usbg.gov/your-visit/Last-Day-Dissecting-the-Titan-Arum.cfm It must just be the grandness of the bloom to see it reduced to mere parts and entombed. I do find it cool at the same time and am anxiously...

Well i am excited to say that my amorphophallus konjac with a tuber of 7 inches diameter is going to flower for the first time ever. As of 2 weeks ago i just happened to look at the tuber and i thought to myself, Is it just me or did this shoot up a little. First it was almost unnoticeable but...

Does anyone know how readily Amorphophallus hybridise, and which species will interbreed - is it along geographic lines or are there other factors involved like in Drosera? Cheers, Hamish

Nepenthes Species N. anamensis ? N. bicalcarata N. gracillis (nigropurpurea) N. maxima (b) exotica (female) N. maxima (m) exotica (female) N. reinwardtiana N. sanguinea (d) "exotica purple" N. thorelii (d) "exotica" N. truncata N. truncata (Pasian Highland) "flaired peristome and burgandy...

I was organizing my bookshelf today and realized I had forgotten to check on my Amorphophallus titanum bulb which went dormant last January. It has the appearance that a pink growth point had emerged about 1/2" some time ago but dried up since the bulb was sitting in dry storage on the...

My Amorphophallus bulbifer recently flowered for me.  It was a total surprise, I thought the bulb needed to be bigger before it flowered.  The bulb was about 3"  Here's some pics.

does anyone know if it would be posible to grow amorphophallus up in the midwest. i am in south dakota. i would like to plant some outside and possibly dig up every winter. would they live in south dakotas wide range of environments? it can be very dry and hot or cool and raining here. if they...

what number should the plant food have for Amorphophallus. i have 10-15-10 is that good or should i get a different number or can i just give extra for higher numbers also any tip for growing Amorphophallus. thanks Brad

Hi, I am aware that a few of you grow this type of plant. Here is a photo. To this date It is now over a metre tall and taking up alot of space. The photo shows the second growth. The visible growth is now gone and has been replaced by a much larger leaf. A. titanum on 07/12/2003 I now...

I have a tuber of Amorphophallus titanum available for anyone that wants to bid for it. This is the big stinky flower that makes the news every time it flowers in some botanical garden. They usually sell in the hundreds of dollars and I believe they are quite rare in cultivation in the US (and...

I have some amorphophallus konjac offsets to trade. For those that dont know what it is click here. a nursery that sells them MY main plants bulb weighs 5 pounds and is 7 inches across! It grows a strange lily like plant and grows as easy as a garden plant. IT can grow up to a 5-6 foot leaf...

Growlist 2005-2006 Amorphophallus A. titanium A. konjac D. vulgaris S. venosum Cephalotus follicularis Dionaea muscipula typical "clumping" cv. Akai Rhyu cv. Clayton's Red Sunset cv. Green Dragon cv. Low Giant cv. Pink Venus cv. Red Pirahna cv. Royal Red Drosera Tropical adelae aliceae...

Hi I got a small Amorphophallus titanum tuber a few weeks back. It had a 5 inch shoot which was going a bit brown when I got it. Over the last few weeks it has gone completely brown and dry at the tip and is working its way down! And the rest of the leaf has a stressed wrinkled look. It was...

I received an Amorphophallus titanum last march and it had died in the mail due to the cold weather. I put it in the terrarium anyway and it grew one new stalk about 4-5 inches high. Then another about 8 inches and now the 3rd stalk is coming up in one season! I thought they followed the normal...

Hey everyone - I just saw this notice from Matt at the UCONN Greenhouses in Storrs, Connecticut: The pseudo-carnivorous plant Amorphophallus titanum is going to be blooming at the University of Connecticut (Storrs, Ct, USA) sometime around June 30th, a first for the New England area. You can...

Just some pics I took before watering tonight. N. bicalcarata open 10-12 cm pitcher dripping it's nectar "venom" from those famous fangs and other nectary sites-if you notice the lowest droplet on the tendril is white and has somewhat "crystalized" having no nectar feeders to consume the stuff...

Hey folks , last season my plants grew so well that they made numerous extra bulbs so I want to trade them for a cp or anything unusual . These bulbs are about the size of a nickel - quarter and will grow real fast . To find more Info about these plants go do a search on www.google.com and look...

I have some extra bulbs for trade. If you are interested please pm me.

Hey everyone - My Amorphophallus konjac flowered today! I posted some pictures a few replies down. It has to be one of the weirdest alien-like things I have ever grown. Like a Jack-In -The-Pulpit gone horribly wrong. It doesn't stink too bad...yet. I was fortunate in winning a bulb at a...

There is a Bay Area Carnivorous Plant society meeting coming up a week from Saturday! Anyone who can should come check it out. There is always a good sale, raffle, silent auctions, etc. I'll be bringing lots of stuff for trade/donation. Here's some more info: Location: University of California...