I couldn't believe it when I saw this peeking out of a group of tree ferns. ...nearly cleared the aisle in a single bound! Check your Home Depot! I got two and they're a nice size. A little over three feet. $19 each.
Amorphs (bulbifer) at Home Depot
Looks like it might be paeonifolius is the stems rough?? If so it is Paeonifolius if not bulbifer. I believe I may know the guys growing these out for mass market they told me last year they were planning to mass produce some forms for homedepots and other larger chains.
Yes, they are rough! I would be thrilled if they're paeonifolius! I'll get a better picture tomorrow of the stems. HD has them labeled as bulbifer. I just saw the plant and recognized it as an amorph. of some kind. I spend a lot of time looking at them in catalogs but these will be my first ones. I'm really excited!
Good find. I have one that was given to me by a friend from his mother's garden. It was a bear bulb when I got it, now it looks much like yours. I'll try to find a photo this afternoon or take another to post.
Here are the stems close up.
...the label. Do you think it's paeonifolius? Either way I'm excited to find them. It would be great to see them become more readily available (& affordable).
Linda I'd love to see your photos.
Here are my paeonifolius coming up. I am 100% sure yours are Paeonifolius not Bulbifer bulbifers will not have this look or the ruff petioles.
HA HA!!! I'm absolutely thrilled! You've made my day. Yes, that does look like it. One of the plants has a new leaf coming and it looks just like your picture! Thanks so very much Brian! I can't wait for my first bloom! Maybe next spring???
Yes I think you could have a bloom next spring if you get it to a decent size this year. It looks fairly large but in most cases should be about 6 feet tall and a trunk around 4 to inches before it usually blooms of course it could bloom smaller but in most cases they are not as impressive as the huge blooming ones.
Here was the leaf last year. I have three huge ones that had tubers around 1 to 1 1/2 feet across.
That is an incredible bloom! Oh my gosh, I would be so proud! I've learned a lot from your posts here over the last year. You have wonderful plants and you always seem willing to help out a beginner.
It won't begin to cool off here until late November at the earliest, so these two have time to grow. I thought I would keep them in large pots. I read that they are quite hardy but I never get freezes here. I'm looking at greenhouses but if I don't get one in time, as long as they are well drained this winter do you think that would be ok? I'm guessing their worst enemy would be a cold, wet winter that would rot the tubers?
I would think they are hardy in zone 8 and possibly zone 7 its always best to plant them in a fairly well drained area though Paeonifolius can handle about as much water as a banana in the summer. I have tried over wintering them many ways the best is in a pot with dirt during the winter in a cool dry place or in a greenhouse.
Thanks so much for your help. Hopefully I'll have a bloom next year. Even if it is only a small one I would be happy with it!
What a great find. I hope we get some here! I see plants from Hines all the time. I think I may have to drop into a few HD tomorrow!
I have one from a friend, I am not sure which it is but I just love it.
I was sure surprised. I almost never find anything unusual there. Did you post that you found a shooting star hoya there not too long ago? I just found out that Exotic Angels is producing them so maybe I'll get lucky.
This is mine
close up of stalks, they are smooth
and this is the top
Mine is definitely mislabeled. The leaves are frillier and the stalks are really rough. What do you do with yours in the winter? I see it is in a pot also (like I plan to keep mine).
Linda yours seems to be Amorpho Konjac.
Thanks Brian, I'll look up a photo of the flower.
Lucky you! That's another of my favorites!
Here is Konjac blooming and thats me beside it.
Yeoow, guess I'd better move mine up a pot size. What time of year did it bloom, I'm thinking Feb/Mar? Thanks for the photo.
A man and his amorph... What could be more attractive???!!! What a great bloom Brian and...not bad yourself either!!! :-)
Yeah, Brian is a keeper.
So many people today... if the grocery store closed they would starve to death. It's healthy to know how to GROW something.
I should have phoned my local HD the second I read this post and had them hold me one.....they only got six of them here and according to the clerk, they FLEW out the door.
She called her supervisor who said no more were expected and those that they got were "by mistake"---(they were prolly on the truck delivering something else or something--she didn't say) soooo, those of you who got them got a good and lucky deal.
Hopefully HD learned that this item is one to order next season, in abundance!
Robert.
Maybe they will stock them again. I couldn't believe it when I found them. I NEVER stumble on a find like that!
When I first saw the foilage of this plant I thought 'palm tree?'
WOW, Dale that has lots of growth. Mine only has 1 stalk (with a baby coming up beside it). Was it at HD?
How many bulbs are in that pot, Dale?
Looks like at least 9 or 10. Should it be divided?
I agree....Wow! How long have you had it?
I like the look of the pot, just don't think my curiousity would allow me not to dig it out and peek at what's going on...
I bought it about 2 months ago at a local, small nursery on the southside of town. He had it for about 3 years. He sells me plants that people don't have interest in, cheap. I paid $6. It has put out 3 new 'leaves' since I potted it up.
I am content to let it be, until it is dormant this winter. I am probably going to just leave it undivided and increase the pot size slightly next spring. I am growing it as a foilage plant. I was at the bot garden the other day and they were selling starter plants for $10 for a 4"! That make this baby worth about $100 by their too high standards.
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Lucky you to have a source like that! It's a great plant. I am going to repot mine into bigger pots this weekend.
Great source, Dale. Great buy! It will be interesting to see how many blooms you get next spring... Lovely bed, too.
I too found amorphophallus at Home Depot in Metairie, LA and Kenner, LA. I purchased several of them, and they look exactly like the one in your photo. I am new to aroids, specifically Amorphophallus, so I cannot tell what species we have. As ther photo of the label on the pot indicates, the species is supposed to be bulbifer. These plants were large and unusual looking, and thry did disappear quite quickly for the Home Depots. I live in the New Orleans, LA area, and my plants are growing quite well in their original pots in a shaded area on my patio that faces east. I researched Amorphophallus bulbifer on the internet and found that 1) they prefer moist, well drained potting medium 2.) they are heavy feeders with some growers feeding they once a week. I have fed mine with full strength Miracle Gro once every 10 days, and they seem to be thriving (putting out new leaf shoots). In fact, I've had them about one month, and several plants are ready to be repotted to a larger pot.
I guess this just goes to prove that you cannot tell what Home Depot nursery will carry. Makes you wonder what other unusual plants they've had in the past that we didn't know about.