Bob, That's a nice bulbifer! There may unsuspected hardiness lurking in this species. I had one survive outdoors here (NW Arkansas) for several years. That was back when we had winters like this past one regularly (i.e., pre-2000), with overnight temps of -10 F (-23 C) or lower. It never flowered, but it came back and had no mulch or special care. I suspect if I'd done better site prep it might still be there. I've never seen vultures interested in Amorph. konjac, which is completely hardy here. But we do see them circling the Dracunculus vulgaris patch when those bloom, which should be in a couple of weeks. Steve On 5/25/2021 3:35 PM, Robert Lauf via pbs wrote: > I got this last year from ETGB and when it arrived, the tuber was about the size of my head (which is REALLY BIG to hear my girlfriend tell it...) The leaf was easily 3 feet tall. Spent the winter in the dry, cooler corner of my cool greenhouse with no watering other than ambient humidity. I started a bit of light watering and this is what appeared. For scale, it's in a 1-gal pot. > > I feared that herds of vultures would be pecking at the greenhouse door, wanting in, but so far the thing doesn't stink. However, it might not be quite ready for the neighborhood flies to do their thing, but as a precaution, it's now outside! I've read that the berry takes a year to mature and during that time the plant will skip making a leaf. We'll see. > Overall, a very cool plant, but sadly not hardy here, so it has to stay in a pot. If the pod develops, watch for seeds in a future SX. > Bob Zone 7 hoping for some rain soon > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: Amorphophallus bulbifer.JPG > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 2542133 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>