>Growing in shade. About 3 feet tall, leaves arising from spotted petiole/ >stem, moderately finely cut, dark green with prominent white chevron-shaped >markings. > >The spathe is huge, tightly rolled, maroon edge. I think the inside will be >maroon when it opens. I've been checking it every day and this morning >noticed that the spadix is beginning to protrude from the rolled-up spathe. >It is going to have a stench like a long-dead deer, a large one, very long >dead. Good thing it is at the bottom of the driveway and nowhere near the >house. Dear Judy; Dracunculus vulgaris to a T. I have my sixth flower about to open. I hear it can get to 7 ft and the odor must be amazing. I know when a new flower has opened as soon as I walk out into the back. Wilbert had a picture not too long ago of him standing under a huge plant. Enjoy. Jim W. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 E-fax 419-781-8594 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +