Konjac flowers

     I have two Amorphophallus Konjacs flowering right now. The bigger one is the original one I got about ten years ago, the smaller one is a baby from that one. They are amazing plants. They are found mainly throughout Asia. When they are mature enough, they send up a flower. No dirt, water or nutrients needed, amazing. Just stored energy in the corm. The corm is kinda like a bulb, but different. When they are in full bloom, they smell like garbage and rotten flesh for about one day. In their native habitat they are pollinated by flies. Shelly's not too crazy about them in the house, so my two that are flowering are banished to the downstairs this year. The flowers haven't opened all the way like they should have, so light might be a factor at some point. Here are the two in bloom.

Konjac flowers

Ignore the dirt with the mother plant, it's not needed for flowering, notice the "baby" in my hand. That's the corm. Every year the "mother" corm has babies, and I'm now getting babies from the babies. Last year I had over 80 corms, I'll have more this year. When the mature plants do the leaf stalk in the summer, it is really cool. Hard to explain, but the "leaves" on each branch are one continuous leaf.

The summer look

There are hundreds of different varieties of Amorphophallus, I've only had luck with two so far, Konjac and Bulbifer. I've tried quite a few others, with no luck. Did I mention that they go dormant for the winter?  It's a new plant every year. They are one of my favorites. If anyone wants to try them, start with the Konjac. And if you want to, talk to me, I have extras! Lol. Thanks for listening, Kevin