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Post by snapperhead51 on Oct 10, 2015 6:33:21 GMT -5
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Post by edwardmelnyk on Oct 10, 2015 11:24:21 GMT -5
I've got a konjac. It'll probably be a year before it flowers, but I don't mind waiting... Maybe it'll give me some time to prepare....
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Post by Apoplast on Oct 10, 2015 22:19:20 GMT -5
Hi Snapperhead - Nice corpse flower! Some of them do get a bit stinky. Though, there is only one I think smells truly foul, Amorphophallus perrieri from Madagascar. If you get a chance to grow that one, you might need to take a holiday from your greenhouse for a spell.  |
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Post by snapperhead51 on Oct 11, 2015 4:01:12 GMT -5
ok think these stink bad enough for me , not so keen to get some thing that stink wore then these ha ha ah
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Post by kiwipete on Oct 11, 2015 4:24:05 GMT -5
Yeah these are great plants. The first & last photos looks like Dracunculus vulgaris. I have it plus Dracunculus canariensis, which has a white flower. KP.
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Post by Apoplast on Oct 11, 2015 9:55:24 GMT -5
Hi Snapperhead - I can understand your reluctance to grow something that smells more. I know some folks who are into finding the smelliest flower, sort of like eating the hottest chilies.
Hi KiwiPete - I was thinking that the first and last photos looked a bit like Amorphophallus dracunculus. But you could very well be correct, that they are in fact Dracunculus vulgaris - I'm no aroid expert that's for sure. What made you think one vs. the other? I'm curious to know for future reference.
I do know that Dracunculus canariensis is pretty cool. I bumped into one blooming in Madeira a few years back, and it was striking.
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Post by 801229001 on Oct 11, 2015 11:26:56 GMT -5
I tried these plants out as well this year and they have just gone dormant!
I remember a friend telling me the smell only lasts for around a day or 2?
anyways, beautiful plant you have there.
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Post by orchidsplz on Oct 11, 2015 19:00:12 GMT -5
Looks great! never grown these before... how bad can a plant really smell?
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Post by snapperhead51 on Oct 11, 2015 19:48:29 GMT -5
the smell is in my case about like a week old dead rat for about 7 days ,depending on the weather cooler it is less they smell hotter is is man they stink ppeeewee !! but the unpleasant smell is out weight by there distinct flower that's for sure , ,they only flower on mature bulbs, they take approx 4 years to mature and get to flowering size ,unless you have great conditions , they grow very quickly with high nitrogen ferts too , much like a potato , roots come out from top of tuber, and when mature its flowers first ,if not pollinated it dies off and grows a tree from growth ,with show u a bit later ,I don't pollinate the flowers , just was too much seed is produced , have had seed ripen in the flower stem for over 2 years , just 10 or 12 at a time , every several months quite amazing ,that was from A.bulbifera ,another amazing plant that grows it tubers on the tree from branches , as well as producing seed from the flower quite extraordinary !
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Post by kiwipete on Oct 12, 2015 0:42:19 GMT -5
Hi KiwiPete - I was thinking that the first and last photos looked a bit like Amorphophallus dracunculus. But you could very well be correct, that they are in fact Dracunculus vulgaris - I'm no aroid expert that's for sure. What made you think one vs. the other? I'm curious to know for future reference. I do know that Dracunculus canariensis is pretty cool. I bumped into one blooming in Madeira a few years back, and it was striking. Hi Apoplast - I'm no aroid expert as well  . I'm just going by the book Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family by Deni Bown. It would have been very cool to see D. canariensis in the wild. KP. |
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Post by eithan0693 on Oct 12, 2015 1:16:11 GMT -5
I have quite a few bulbs of these. No idea what species, and I'm waiting for them to become not so dormant, another 3 months or so. Hopefully some nice blooms to help I'd it in the spring
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Post by snapperhead51 on Oct 12, 2015 17:06:22 GMT -5
seen many thousands of these ( Amorph plants ) in Borneo on my trips there in the jungles, but never in flower all ways in tree form
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Post by Apoplast on Oct 12, 2015 19:30:36 GMT -5
Hi KP - Well, you are still on book up on me. ;-)
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Post by kiwipete on Nov 3, 2015 19:02:16 GMT -5
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Post by Apoplast on Nov 4, 2015 14:46:16 GMT -5
Hi KP - Nice link! Thanks for sharing it. I didn't realize there was such variation in the species. Cool.
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. I'm just going by the book Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family by Deni Bown. It would have been very cool to see D. canariensis in the wild. KP.
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