Amorphophallus yunnanensis India brown-centered

brown-centered

parviflorum) Cypripedium parviflorum var

they should only be attempted by experienced gardeners

growing at a church in Greensboro

Hailing from China

Amorphophallus yunnanensis India brown-centeredThis fun, easy to grow species from Yunnan, China makes a small plant to 3' tall. The single leaf is held atop a 2 3' tall, smooth, dark green stalk, beautifully mottled with lighter green and flesh colored blotches. The flower of Amorphophallus yunnanensis emerges in early spring, albeit nothing like its better endowed cousins. The 3 6" tall spadix, looking like a pink alien head with a white neck, sits atop a nicely mottled 1 2' tall petiole