Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Typhonium venosum (aka Sauromatum venosum)

Last spring I planted a few tubers amongst my hostas.  In the fall I dug them all up, and sold a few.  Apparently I missed this one, which I found a few days ago while pulling weeds.  This lucky little guy survived the winter on Northeast Ohio!




Monday, May 14, 2012

Amorphophallus Konjac in Bloom

This tuber is about six years old.  The bloom stands 40 inches tall, and has a smell that is bad enough to attract flies.  The bloom lasted about one week, the smell was at it's worst for about two days.