Does anyone grow Amorphophallus 'konjak'?

rural, WY(Zone 3a)

Not even sure if that is the real species name. Mine doesn't break dormancy normally until the end of July. Is there a way to wake it up early? Believe me, I keep it quite warm.
Anything else to know about this plant? Thanks, Dennis

Grove City, OH(Zone 6a)

Me! I have had it for 2 years now.

Last year I received small bulblets that I grew all summer. They went dormant on me in late summer. I dried them out, cut off a few bulblets, stored them in dry peat for the winter. Then in April I soaked them in lukewarm water for a couple of hours, put them in pots of compost, watered them, bottom heat, and they sprouted in a couple of weeks. It did take them a couple weeks after they broke the surface for the foliage to open.

I hope next year they bloom! I keep mine in pots of compost that are half-sunk in water. They grow very fast, very big that way.

Here is a photo taken last summer, a couple weeks after the bulblets sprouted.

Thumbnail by lupinelover

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