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Voodoo Lily Bulbs (Amorphophallus Konjac)? - Lee M-S - 04-08-2014

Does anyone have a source for Voodoo Lily Bulbs (Amorphophallus Konjac)?

I'd love to try growing these.

edit: I can get them on eBay or other online source, am looking for local--or free, even [Big Grin]

thanks,
Lee

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RE: Voodoo Lily Bulbs (Amorphophallus Konjac)? - Lee M-S - 04-09-2014

more info:

Amorphophallus konjac has been know by several other scientific names including A. rivieri, A. rivieri var. konjac, A. mairei, and Hydrosme rivieri as well as numerous common names including Devil’s tongue, dragon plant, elephant yam, konnyku, leopard arum, snake palm and umbrella arum

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RE: Voodoo Lily Bulbs (Amorphophallus Konjac)? - shave_ice - 04-10-2014

Wow. That is definitely a weird looking plant. I'd never heard of it before. I don't think this is something that is regularly grown around here. Online is probably your best bet. I just purchased a really rare and exotic tree from toptropicals.com because I found out there is only 3 known trees of its kind Hawaii. I will soon have the fourth!

If you do find it though, please post about it! [Smile]


RE: Voodoo Lily Bulbs (Amorphophallus Konjac)? - Lee M-S - 04-11-2014

They're a smaller relative of the corpse flower. There's one of those at the zoo, grown by a guy in Hilo--he's very popular when he's got seeds. So I'm hoping someone has this one--I understand it smells nearly as bad as the corpse flower...



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