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Name: Calin Weston-super-mare UK (Zone 7b)     fixpix Dec 10, 2012 1:57 AM CST |
| Well, I hope I IDed this plant properly. Got a nice story for it. While in Taiwan, a friend had a friend with some kind of flower farm - etertainment thing (people would go and pay to just be around green and flowers. SO. My friend also took me there, and of course I didn't have to "get a ticket". Once the owner let me choose some plants (knowing I love plants) and I got some bulbs, and these tiny corms I found by the sidewalk. I even brought them home to Romania and they multiplied, bloomed. The flower doesn't last much, but it's a stinker. To me, it smells like moth balls but to my roommate (who sleeps in the room with the balcony where I keep my plants in summer - and who of course gets the first contact with it) it smells like someone's just been to the john. In the morning, he would inform me "you have another bloom!"  |
Name: LariAnn Garner south Florida, USA When in doubt, do the cross!            |
| Definitely a Typhonium - do you have a pic showing the leaves or whole plant? Be the Captain of What's Gonna Happen! |
Name: Calin Weston-super-mare UK (Zone 7b) fixpix Dec 11, 2012 12:40 AM CST |
| OooH, YOu made me search here on my computer (office) and I DID find some much better pix. Here   |
Name: Evan Pioneer Valley south, MA, USA (Zone 6a)       |
| Hi,Calin. Here's a link to the IAS species page for Typhonium roxburghii which T. divaricatum is a synonym of. Sure looks like a match. Evan |
Name: Calin Weston-super-mare UK (Zone 7b) fixpix May 16, 2013 3:49 AM CST |
| Yup it is. Thanks. Now I will stick to the first name... took me a while to learn it! :) |
Name: Evan Pioneer Valley south, MA, USA (Zone 6a) |
| Does it go dormant over winter Calin? It really is a beautiful plant. Evan |
Name: Calin Weston-super-mare UK (Zone 7b) fixpix May 16, 2013 11:30 PM CST |
| Yes. Completely dormant. I am not sure it's the norm... but at least in my care, it starts yellowing leaves in the fall and i just stop watering. It produces lots of tiny corms attached to the big one and when I re-use the dirt, I always end up with sprouting leaves in different pots. Mine are starting to grow now... kinda late. |
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