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dave

Thanks!!

Happily! :)

Thank you Dave.
Kaleem

ok I think someone needs to put down what an Aroid is! I came here cuz it was a new forum... I think I just might have a aroid... maybe?

Dave, Thank you! (maybe our begging?) I'll post a couple pics, too. My computer dictionary says: "belonging to the arum family of perennial plants". They include but are not limited to: Arum, philodendron, amorphophallus, caladiums, elephant ears.... anyone want to chime in...
The bloom in early spring.. (Oh thanks Dave! We LOVE you!)

thanks dave! i love dave's garden!!!!!! now if i don't get my dave's fix every day i feel i have missed something. this is a forum i know i will enjoy : )

kelly

The foliage, after the bloom dies back...

ok.. I have one philodendron (split leaf, outside front door), an elephant ear (under bird fountain) that didn't seem to get enough water this year and is still tiny and dead caladiums. *g...

ok AuntB what are those?

The plant in Aug/Sept (renatelynne, we can help you on the aroid forum!)

I love it! Something new I do not know very much about. I love elephant ears, so I can't wait to see what else there is!!

It is an amorphophallus, this one is konjac. My uncle grew them for years. He's getting "up there" in age and he had so many and dug them each fall. Last year the gave me 2. They are so unique, being "unique" myself and a plant phreak, I just love them. All three pics I posted are the same bulb.

So - what zone are you in? What do they do in the winter?

Thanks Dave!

I'm in 5b. Some people keep them in the container, although I haven't tried that, they have to be dry. I dug mine and washed it off, let it dry a few days on my covered front porch (protect from freeze). Then just stored in my basement. Sometime in early spring, if you smell an awful smell, it's probably a bloom. The bloom pic above, the bulb is in the brown paper bag (I was so excited about getting it, didn't think to show the bulb!) The pics I took this year disappeared when my son used my camera (argh!).

This is great.

I think a glass (or two) of wine on the deck is in order this evening! Thanks again, Dave!

Thank You so much dave!

Thanks Dave!

Robert.

THANK YOU !!!!!!

Chris

Great!
ROX

Well it appears we have a new Home ROX! LOL

Thanks Dave!

Ric

Yahoo!!! thanks Dave

finally, another place to talk with amorpho lovers much like myself. Thanks Dave from a 20 something fellow who enjoys these awsome plants.

Doing the happy dance. Well maybe the happy wiggle.

Hi! It looks like I am a latecomer! I recently looked up what an Aroid is, and, as it turns out, I have been an Aroid-head all of my life, and actively grow quite a lot!

Ever since I was little, I adored our wild "Jack -in-the Pulpits" that grew in our woods. I felt sorry for them; they were just as elaborate and wonderful as any other flower, but everyone seemed to love roses or tulips or whatever better. When I moved to the house I own now, I found many Jacks growing at the edge of our property. Since I have lots of shade in my garden, I moved some of them. With a little cultivation, they grow like weeds, and I have beautiful red berry spikes everywhere! I am always asked about them. Of course, I have my Philodendrons, too; I never thought the two were related. I have a dozen EEs in my shade beds, as well as caladium in pots. Last week, I purchased a neat-looking bulb from "Out of Africa" on ebay. It's an Amorphophallus ankara. I just thought it looked like a cool plant, but when I searched the web, it turns out to be an Aroid, too! They seem to be rooted in my flouromanic psyche.

I guess I prefer architecturally formed plants- like what one would expect to see on another planet. I collect caudiciforms, and proudly display some of the ugliest plants in the world (gotta love the underdog!) I kind of enjoy the fact that people laugh at my plants.