Amorphophallus brevispathus Aucuba while others offset occasionally

while others offset occasionally

Each round

the plants grow vigorously the first season forming a 20" tall stalk

one of the finest members of the ginger family

Amorphophallus brevispathus Aucuba while others offset occasionallyWe were fortunate to see Amorphophallus brevispathus in the wild in Thailand in 2005, growing in tiny cracks in huge rocks slippery rocks, north of Bangkok. The nice monks (probably redundant) were kind enough to allow us to collect a few samples from which these were propagated. Amorphophallus brevispathus forms an 18" tall green petiole, topped with a plain green leaf what else would you expect from monks? The strange part is the flower brevispathus