I planted my first Konjac on April 20th, she finally spouted and is about an inch and a half high so far! I'm waiting for a second one to sprout any time now. These corms were the size of a quarter or a bit larger.
Surprise : )
That was the size of my 'flower' above corm. Just a little bit smaller than a golf ball size. I haven't stumbled on any of the old pix to share, will keep looking . Meanwhile, the small sprout is coming up.
Mine is now 2 1/2 " and seems to be growing a half inch or so a day!
I am excited!
I think this is a 'Konjac' It's growing faster now that we get alot of rain lately:
The one that had flower as shown above -- its leave is coming up as well, though, appears more slender: (It is among the creeping jenny).
Hi All,
That flower picture has been bugging me for a while, but I think I may have it nailed. It looks like Sauromatum venosum. Check out the pictures here http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2055/ and see what you think,
Ciao, KK.
Bingo! KK, that's exactly is the kind that I've! From the corm shape, to the leaf, the structure of the plants. Many thanks. Kim, that is the type of flower that I've got. The one that our friend Jan sent to me. Sauromatum venosum. That's a mouthful kind of name for the little attractive plant. lol.
My Konjac is now 10 inches tall! Leaves are unfurling a bit! Photo soon! My second Konjac is about to break the soil surface! YAY!
GO AMORPHS!
Go Tommyr, looking forward to your pix.
Hey don't leave me out!!!lol
hello everyone : )
Kim, your "tree" is very attractive, the newest shoot does look suspiciously like a developing inflorescent? If indeed that's an inflo. It must be different than the type that I posted above, the one with the flower, for the flower came first, wilted then it rested awhile before sending a leafstalk. Now my Konjac however, sent out the leafstalk, but never has shown any kind of flower for me in 2-3 years.
Kim2
Hi Kim! Brian says mines is Dracunculus Vulgaris. It would be very kewl it has a inflo!
Dracunculus Vulgaris heh? Can't wait to see the inflo. unfurls! :-)
Mine are also about to bloom. The Typhonium venosums are blooming as well as Amorphophallus Konjac. The Dracunculus vulgaris will be in bloom in the next few days. It looks like the bloom will be over 2 feet long. It should make a nasty smell for sometime.
Here are mine this morning:
...here they're this afternoon:
Update : ) yes it is a inflo!!! So how long does it take to open???? too dark to take a pic...but I will in the morning...whoohooooo!! I really like the shape of yours Kim.
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I've no idea when you inflo. is going to unfurl. Mine original up-side down umbralla shape V.Lily was acquired in 2006, returned 2007 and disappeared last year, but when I unearth the area where is was I found a baby corm. The original corm appeared elongate likes that of gloriosa lily corms. One strange thing I discovered this afternoon when I noticed my basket was getting crowded with the one large plant and 3 more babies beside it. So I decided to transplant all of them into individual pot for ease of moving them around later. And most of the corms ranging from size of a marble to tennis ball to base-ball sizes and I found more than half a dozen of them.
I'll take some more pictures tomorrow too, Kim.
Kim2
As promised, my first Amorph.! A Konjac!
Nice!!!!
Here is drac today
Talking about surprises, I was surprised when I came across this Amorphophallus. It's got to be about 4 metres high. I've no idea what species it is, there wasn't any label, and it didn't look like paeoniifolius.
@@ WOW!!! Beautiful!
Me, or the plant? ;O)
^_^
Wow, what a great surprize!!! Mine looks dwarf compared to yours. lol.
Unfortnately not mine. But my Amorphophallus paeoniifolius does get to over half that size.
They're are so much fun. Tropicbreeze please share your A. paeoniifolius with us when you get the opportunity to take pics. Thanks.
hiding at the other end of the garage bed ; }...crazy right?
Lily_love, there's a bit of a story with my A. paeoniifolius. I'll pull out some old photos and with some recent ones put them on a new thread.
Thanks tropicbreeze, I'll be looking for your thread. Kim, your were planted outdoor, is that correct? I found one of mine in the front garden yesterday too. Woohooo.
Yes Kim.. now I wonder just how many are hardy. : ) Plant Delights has a lot of tropical ones.
Nah, I'm trying to down sizing my tropical collection. lol. I'm delighted that these Amorphyllus are hardy in our regions. The only concern that I've with the corms outdoor is that critters my try to chew on them?
I'm trying too lol! If they taste like they smell a critter might want to have a taste ;p
I kid you not, the corm look quite yummy. lol, remember only the flowers that excret the malodorous substance to attract insect to pollinate them. The rest of the time the plant doesn't have any odor -- thank goodness.