what kind of flowers does this one have ?

Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a)

I fell in love with this lovely plant when I first saw it in the botanical garden of Rio de Janeiro. It was growing in large groups making a wonderful ground cover.
I was unlabelled but I found out its identity in one of the local botanical books and thought it had to be Philodendron gloriosum (very suitable name!).
I smuggled out a little piece , couldn't resist, and back home potted it up.
It took a very long time before it started to show the first sign of life.
The first year it only made one single small leave, the second year a second a little larger and only now in its third year it start to show some vigorous growth.
Now I am curious what kind of flowers it makes, has anyone ever seen it blooming ?

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Miami, FL(Zone 10a)

Bonitin,
Gorgeous philodendron, here is the flower,
In my next , I will show you my plant,
Armando

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Miami, FL(Zone 10a)

Bonitin,
Other shot of bloom

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Miami, FL(Zone 10a)

My plant,
Armando

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Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a)

Wow!! Giancarlo, what a gorgeous plant!!

The flower is really magnificent!! Looks like a flower from the Arum family
But does it belong to the Philodendron gloriosum ? I'm a bit confused because I see it emerging from the middle of a rosette of oblong leaves ??

Key West, FL(Zone 11)

Bonitin
That's one of my favourites that you have there, Here's a (bad) picture the flowers that I had last year.
Neil

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Columbia, SC(Zone 8a)

What a spectacular plant.

Miami, FL(Zone 10a)

Bonitin,
That's definitely the bloom of the GLORIOSUM
Armando.

Louisville, KY

Armando your pic is not Gloriosum but a hybrid called Mcdowelii made by a friend of mine years ago. It has shinny leaves and white veins. It was crossed with Gloriosum.

Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a)

Thank you Neil! I suppose the flowers are white when opening?


Concord, CA(Zone 9a)

Brian,
Do you know where we can get this beautiful hybrid Mcdowelii?
Thanks Linda

Coldwater, MI(Zone 5b)

Watch Ebay

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