First ever stinkhorn. Aren't I lucky?

Did the smell knock you over? I've never seen one, but I read that it's really bad.

I didn't notice any smell. Thank heavens.I forgot to look at it today, but I was near there picking tomatoes and still didn't notice. I found a key at Mushroomexpert.com and I think it is Phallus rubucundus
http://www.mushroomexpert.com/...

Neat site, Sally -- bookmarked it, thx!

Cool 'shroom, too.

I get those in my mulch beds all the time... never noticed any odor to them either.

Think this plant came home from a swap when I was out of town, so someone in this crowd likely knows what it is. Interesting bloom and would like an ID so I know how to care for it. Any ideas?

try googling Aechmea Blue Tango. and maybe Holly and Ric.

Thanks Sally, but googling Holly and Ric just brings up photos of people I don't know, no plants.

Thank you Sally. Believe it is Aechmea gamosepala 'Lucky Stripe'.

greenthumb99 said:Thanks Sally, but googling Holly and Ric just brings up photos of people I don't know, no plants.

Looks good, greenthumb. The one (Aechmea?) I have from Holly and RIc has very golden foliage.

I remembered to look at my stinkhorn today- something has eaten it and left just a few nibbled chunks. Brave critter eating THAT!

critterologist said:That red color is often just a response to stress or injury, not the dreaded "red blotch" fungal disease. Red blotch can apparently be recognized by defined margins and a sunken appearance to the red areas...

I always thought it was caused by the fungal disease . I normally soak the bulbs, newly purchased or from previous years, before potting them up. I use either Immunox or 2% bleach for the soaking. I also dust the bulbs with cinnamon - read about this on the Amaryllis Forum.

@Donnerville

Donnerville said:

I always thought it was caused by the fungal disease . I normally soak the bulbs, newly purchased or from previous years, before potting them up. I use either Immunox or 2% bleach for the soaking. I also dust the bulbs with cinnamon - read about this on the Amaryllis Forum.

ooo -- I will need to try the cinnamon! Thanks for the tip! I have soaked in 3% peroxide - the peroxide seems to bubble off the diseased areas. But will try the bleach too -- I have 2 bulbs with some red on them, but the area does not look diseased, except for the red color, so I was wondering if they were really diseased or not. How long do you soak for?

@cwhitt. I had always thought it was a disease, but it may not be according to Jill. Regardless, I will continue with the practice just in case . I normally soak the bulbs for at least an hour.

Donner--

How has soaking the bulbs helped you?
I still have to dig up all mine. Living in then"procrastination world...
What do you do if you have grown them in the beds all summer?
This year is the 1st that I have done this.
Right now--I am concentrating on getting all my CC's inside for the winter.
Also--all the potted up cuttings of Braz. Plume and Persian Shield.

My back lawn is covered in leaves!!! They are coming down like rain.
Big job of raking and shredding them lies ahead.
My Brugs are cut back and inside. That helps me a lot...
Gita

Gita, I repot all the amaryllis bulbs each year, so it makes no difference to me if they have spent the summer in pots or in garden beds. You may want to dig out the bulbs and let the leaves die if you have not already done so.

More than half of the bulbs still had pretty healthy green leaves when I potted them up, cut off the leaves, and moved the pots to the garage. I have never seen this method recommended anywhere , but that's what I had to do last year when I realized that I would have only one weekend to finish all the work. I am not sure if that "shocked" the bulbs into dormancy or if the bulbs stayed "awake" for a while, but they all bloomed for me later. I did the same this year.

I first started soaking the bulbs in 2014. Before that, some of the leaves started to get red bloches even before the bulbs were done with blooming. The soaked bulbs seem to be able to avoid the problem, although some of their leaves can still get red bloches around late summer or early fall.

I dug all the bulbs up just today and cut the leaves down to ~ 8".
They were all strong and healthy.
Should I cut them back down to the bulb and let them go dormant?
I always thought that the leaves, as they go dormant, return energy and nutrients to the bulb. Yes?No?
I still have my Cannas to dig up but not until the foliage gets killed
by frost. Then I wait 2more weeks before I dig them up.
So I have learned to do it ages ago. That too is a BIG job!!!
Gita

I'm not sure there's much difference between cutting off amaryllis (or other bulb) leaves and letting them die back "naturally." At this point, the bulb has plumped up as much as it's going to this season (unless you bring it inside with its leaves and let it keep growing).

I have pulled my tuberose clumps and wrapped them in newspaper. There's a lot of juicy foliage there. I'm putting them in the sun while it's warm. It just feels nicer (to me, today) to encourage them to wither on their own instead of cutting them off. But I doubt it makes a difference.

My three amaryllis, I potted individually in dry mix, most of the leaves have yellowed and easily broke off at the neck.

I brought my orchids in. The oncidium has the best pseudobulbs I have ever had on it, plump and green, and there's a bloom spike starting

I'm about ready to smack Larry over the amaryllis! I keep telling him not to water them. So, what's the first thing he waters?