Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tacca nivea (bat lily ), 0 by amarantha00

amarantha00 wrote:
Kell. that shower idea really works. I live in San Bernardino where it's super dry a lot of the time, and my orchids do great here. Either give them a weekly "shower steam" or just mist them a lot. I've got about 10 growing on either side of my kitchen windows.

So, before that link was posted, after seeing the San Francisco Conservatory pics, I ordered a black & white from Eldonaccess.com. The black one was extremely healthy and in bloom. The white looks good but it's pretty little. Sooooooo, after seeing the link up above and the plant that came from that purchase even cheaper, welll, yup you guessed it. I had to order a white one from them. This plant is just incredible. It's totally in bloom and has another nice sized bud as well. Here's the black from Eldon Access, and I'll post a pic of the new huge white hopefully before the end of the day.

Talk about a group of enablers! I was a plant junkie before I joined this site, now just imagine. I have to add one more thing that added to my desire for this exquisitely unusual plant. Not only do I love tropicals (in the yard, in the house, in my car hiding from my husband, etc.), but I'm a bit of a Halloween maniac and I have a lot of bat figurines too :-) Go figure, lol!

Here's a pic of Tacca the Black, and then one close up of its cute little bloom.