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Kell
Northern California, CA (Zone 9b)
 May 25, 2003 5:35 AM Post #536507
| you think?
This is growing in my friend's yard and is so striking. The blooms can stand up to 4 feet and the leaves are huge. Very fleshy, ornamentally marked stems and the leaves bend and crimp very easily. My friend tells me it stinks when the sun hits it. I have a few in water in my house and there is no odor emanating from them now.
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Kell
Northern California, CA (Zone 9b)
May 25, 2003 5:36 AM Post #536508
| And the pretty stems
thanks for any help...
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rootdoctor
Harrisville, MI (Zone 5b)
May 25, 2003 5:50 AM Post #536509
| VooDoo lily,Amorphopalis I think is the spelling,that is a very nice one! |
Kell
Northern California, CA (Zone 9b)
May 25, 2003 6:02 AM Post #536512
| Well aren't you the smart one Root! Thanks! |
MaVieRose
High Desert, CA (Zone 8a)
May 25, 2003 6:13 AM Post #536515
| oh Kell. that plant stinks like crazy. it attracts lots of flies. when i bloom it smells like rotten meat. be glad it does not grow in ur yard. |
Ulrich
Manhattan Beach, CA (Zone 11)
May 25, 2003 6:14 AM Post #536516
| Dig THIS:
http://www.ftg.org/blooms/amorphophallus01.html |
Mitjo
Lappeenranta
Finland (Zone 3a)
May 25, 2003 6:48 AM Post #536525
| I love it!
Those are so nice...Even the smell is very bad. |
Baa
May 25, 2003 12:04 PM Post #536609
| It's quite similar to the Dracunculus vulgaris too
http://images.google.com/images?q=dracunculus vulgaris&hl=en...
Amorphophallus rivieri
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=am... |
Badseed
Lynchburg, OH (Zone 6a)
May 25, 2003 12:20 PM Post #536623
| I love those too!! I actually had a guy trade me one of each for poison ivy and oak! I forgot them outside in pots and they croaked, but that was my strangest trade ever! LOL |
Kell
Northern California, CA (Zone 9b)
May 25, 2003 2:31 PM Post #536714
| It is too bad it smells Ma Vie, for it really is beautiful! I have 4 flowers in a huge vase in my living room and they are so striking. No odor at all. There was no odor at her house either. But Peg said when the sun hits them, that is when they stink.
Ulrich, what a great site. Baa, mine look just like your Dracunculus vulgaris pictures. They are very big and so dramtic.
thanks all. |
