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Very unusual interesting plant starting to flower


tropicbreeze

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This has been in the process of opening for a number of days now, and still going. Rate of increase in height has been 15 cms per day the last few days. Current height mid afternoon today is 201 cms from soil level to tip top. That's an increase of 8 cms since 8:00 am today, around a cm per hour.

Anyone care to guess what it is (before it fully opens)? It's to the right of the ladder if anyone is unsure of what's being referred to.

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Amorphophjallus gigas ?

Michael in palm paradise,

Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year.

Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

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Worlds stinkiest flower....smells like something dead....forgot the name.....?? ....Some sort of lily

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

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Nice plant! I like these! If the malodorous flowers are objectionable, just cut them off.

There are a couple that are hardy in zone 8. They are deciduous here and die back to the ground before frost. They reappear only after you are sure they died, usually not until late May. The mottled leaf stalks are interesting as well as the large ornate leaves. They multiply well and will push through other perennials so double use of the space. I've divided and given plants away over the years as well.

I can't grow the tropical ones on Virginia, but hope to add them to Puerto Rico.

Cindy Adair

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That is quite impressive. It strikes me that many plants may suffer from amorphophallus envy.

Michael Norell

Rancho Mirage, California | 33°44' N 116°25' W | 287 ft | z10a | avg Jan 43/70F | Jul 78/108F avg | Weather Station KCARANCH310

previously Big Pine Key, Florida | 24°40' N 81°21' W | 4.5 ft. | z12a | Calcareous substrate | avg annual min. approx 52F | avg Jan 65/75F | Jul 83/90 | extreme min approx 41F

previously Natchez, Mississippi | 31°33' N 91°24' W | 220 ft.| z9a | Downtown/river-adjacent | Loess substrate | avg annual min. 23F | Jan 43/61F | Jul 73/93F | extreme min 2.5F (1899); previously Los Angeles, California (multiple locations)

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Zadar, I hope mine doesn't turn out like the one in the video.

Michael, wasn't sure if it was A. gigas or decus-silvae, but I've been leaning more towards gigas as the inflorescence got taller. It's already over the 2.1 metre mark, so the spathe should start opening out soon. Will try to store a bit of pollen til the female flowers are ready, though may be difficult as our daily temps are around 38 to 40C now.

There's a couple of hundred Amorph species, some are rainforest, some monsoonal. The monsoonal ones grow half the year, other half dormant (winter/dry) so are easier in colder climates. This one grows the full 12 months, then a dormancy of 12 months. People in cold climates need to set up a lot of protection for these for half the year. Hence they're mainly in botanic gardens or universities, and only amongst a handful of die-hard amorphophiles.

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