My cat accompanies me into the garden and uses the philodendron and gingers as her own personal secret jungle. She loves it so much that when it's time to go inside I usually have to wade in there and physically remove her. I was doing the usual cat extraction thing when I found this bloom on my philodendron.
Here's the entire plant. It's about 10 years old.
That plant looks so huge! Looks like you have a tropical jungle there from seeing what is peeking out from the side of your second picture.
Cool! Luv your jungle and can see why your kitty would luv it!!
:) Donna
Wow, very interesting! Thank you for sharing the pictures.
Erick
How cool. I wonder if they have to be a certain age to bloom.
Wont that flower produce a delicious edibble fruit, monstera deliciosa?'
-Joe
My mom used to hack off the flowers of her philodendrons years ago. She used to say it was sucking the energy out of the plant. I have no idea if that is true. We didn't eat them though. They didn't seem very edible as I recall... but try it I guess if you feel adventurous.
Joegee, I've never noticed a fruit before. I'll have to keep an eye on it and see what happens. I'll volunteer you to eat it though :)
Floradata says all parts of the plant are poisonous - EXCEPT the fruit!
Found this on the fruit; http://www.deliciousorganics.com/recipes/monstera.htm
Yup, the *ripened* fruit is supposedly a little slice of heaven.
GREAT link, ardesia. :) Thank you!
-Joe
Ardesia,
Thanks for the link! That was so interesting. Maybe I will give the fruit a try after all.
You are both welcome. I went out yesterday and fed my philodendrons and hope they respond and give me some flowers and fruit too! LOL
