Darcunculus vulgaris

Well I thought I would share some pics of this amazing aroid. I am sure a few of you have seen this before. I got some plants years ago from a friend who collected them from the island of Crete were they are native to. A friend of mine has the white flowering form which was thought not to exist but I have seen photos of it. Their is also another species from the canarie islands named canariensis. It also has a white flower I have a small plant of this finally growing. My hope is to cross the two and see what comes of it. Vulgaris is very hardy here but must be kept dry it grows well with cactus in a rock garden type setting. I finally have a tray of small tubers for next season. Here are some pictures form a few years back of my mother plants

That's a really nice picture ;-)

Love your pics!

Here is another picture of the inside of the flower the part of the spath removed to show more of the naughty parts.

Notice the flies and insects down in the bottom of the flower. Their was probably over 100 flies in this flower when in full bloom. It smelled worse than any other plant I have flowered.

This pic shows the flower from above. The spider is sitting on the spadix waiting for a meal. Tons of insects have come to this flower and the spider was getting very well feed.

Wow, fascinating pictures! Thank you.

Erick

love it wonderful plant .. great pictures