AMORPHOPHALLUS KONJAC 'Nightstick' dormant bulb, (Voodoo Lily) Arisaema

Description: NIGHTSTICK is similar to regular Amorphophallus r. konjac, except it has a solid dark green to black petiole or stem. The stem is a little shorter and stockier stem like a policeman's Nightstick. The largest bulbs should bloom this year and if they don't, will become very big plants this summer, definitely blooming next year. This is a very easy exotic and tropical-looking plant that will grow practically anywhere in the garden or in planters or pots. My wife thinks it looks like an evil plant, but I think it looks cool. It definitely has 3 seasons of interest and will baffle gardening friends as to its identity. First a large maroon-purple shoot emerges in late spring, which can form a 3' tall pink-maroon ruffled spathe or flower. For only a few days, it will smell like carrion to attract pollinating carrion flies. After pollination, a pod of blueish berries form. Then a second shoot emerges from the bulb to form a 24" to 72" purple-spotted stem ending in a giant leaf that unfurls into multi segmented elliptical leaflets This plant will last until the first frost. If you check the bulb at this point. you will find many offset bulbs that will become plants next fall, forming a nice clump of Voodoo Lilies. The seeds can also be germinated. As the bulb gets bigger, the plant and flower will get larger each year. Prefers part shade but can grow in full sun to deep shade. Can grow in moist conditions, even in standing water in summer. In late summer or fall, once it starts to die down, watering and fertilizer should be eliminated. This aroid is rated as a zone 6a to 10b plant, but in zone 6a New York, I find they survive best in sheltered areas with well-drained soil. Wet winter soil will cause bulb to rot. Most of these bulbs and offsets I dig up after foliage dies down and store dry in paper bags at room temperature or refrigerator in plastic bags and plant out when they begin to sprout in the spring. Extremely

Price: 8.5 USD

Location: Cortlandt Manor, New York

End Time: 2024-11-24T22:21:26.000Z

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