some new pictures... after 24h the display of the "Corpse Bride" is much nicer (to the eyes, not to the nose!)

Amorphophallus konjac on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Amorphophallus konjac on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Amorphophallus konjac on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Well, I avoided posting pictures of this guy, since he came out of a short dormancy malformed for some reason. But, here's my little Amorphophallus titanum.

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...P1010380-1.jpg

A closeup of the malformation, in case anyone has an idea of what caused it..

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...r/P1010379.jpg

And some unknown aroid I've had for a couple years.

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...P1010382-1.jpg

Meconostigma Philodendrons
 

My likes tend towards the robust self-heading Philodendrons called Meconostigmas.

Here's a pic showing 3 of these aroids. Philodendron speciosum to the top, P. bipinnatifidum to the right, and the hybrid P. x evansii to the left.

http://www.blueboard.com/pahatan/gam..._evansii_1.jpg

Here's a fantastic specimen of P. bipinnatifidum rearing itself up in the elephant house in the National Zoo in Baltimore.

http://www.blueboard.com/pahatan/gam...dum_d00314.jpg

Aroids are noted for their fantastic looking leaves. here's a hybrid meconostigma:

http://www.blueboard.com/pahatan/gam...mask_d1147.jpg

And all meconostigma aroids have very distinctive stems, as this trio of P. bipinnatifidum shows:

http://www.blueboard.com/pahatan/gam...m_dscn2938.jpg

Thanks...one thing I noticed that's pretty interesting...most people in this thread seem to be interested in the blooms.

I can figure this for Amorphophallus sp, but even pics of normally beautifully leaved aroids like Alocasia sp are shown as blooms, not leaves. :hmm

Ok, more stuff I grow...

This is my young Philodendron stenolobum:

http://www.blueboard.com/pahatan/temp/DSCN3171.jpg

This is what I hope it'll grow into: :biggrin:

http://www.blueboard.com/pahatan/gam...stenolobum.jpg

Here's an unknown Meco Philodendron that I'm growing that was labeled as P. adamantinum, but is not. It's got these fantastic weird convoluted leaves that curl upwards, as if hands outstretched to the sky.

http://www.blueboard.com/pahatan/gam...1_DSCN6296.jpg

And some Meconostigma inflorescense that I posted in the aroid social group....

P. bipinnatifidum:

http://www.blueboard.com/pahatan/gam...um_cgrisr1.jpg

P. eichleri:

http://www.blueboard.com/pahatan/gam...eri_wolf_1.jpg

P. x evansii:

http://www.blueboard.com/pahatan/gam...er_img0361.jpg

And here's my P. x evansii:

http://www.blueboard.com/pahatan/gam...j_DSC03249.jpg

Which I hope will grow to this :biggrin:

http://www.blueboard.com/pahatan/gam..._evansii_1.jpg

Thanks Tindomul....the one I'm doting over right now is the young Philodendron x evansii...it just put out that huge leaf, and because the aroid is in a medium sized container, the huge leaf makes it look like the plant has a huge ungainly head.

I also have a hybrid Alocasia that I got when I last went to the IAS meeting auction at Fairchild Gardens. It's been putting up blooms like crazy for the last few months, and has beautiful foliage. I'll post a pic when I get home tonight.

I'm usually not into Alocasia, but this is one species I'd like to have: Alocasia robusta, with 4 m long leaves :shock:

Too bad I live in NJ and can't grow that here :(

http://www.wschowa.com/abrimaal/arac...robustaprp.jpg

Yea, thats big!!