Tropicals & Tender Perennials: BLOOOM!!!, 1 by raydio

raydio wrote:
Wallaby~

The spadix is actually a nearly-black red-purple at first and the spathe was a bit darker than the camera could capture. There is a lot of deep burgundy in the spathe, though, even from the start. The color rendition in the thumbnail looks closer.

Lots of flies collected even before the bloom opened, maybe hangers-on from the earlier blooms hanging around......but I couldn't detect any scent from the closed bud. But when they open, I was reminded of a bucket of dead shellfish rotting in the seaside sun.

I reduced the gamma on this shot and it is closer to the actual color, although the highlights may be a little too red.

R.