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Amorphophallus bulbifer
 New this Year!
Voodoo Lily Zones: 7, 8, 9
Here is a real curiosity that hails from the moist forests of India. In early summer, a beautifully mottled thick leaf stalk emerges and opens into a big hand shaped leaf to 2 or 3 feet wide. Then a white phallic shaped flower protrudes from a pinkish sheathing cone, the whole thing getting up to 18 inches or so. The "treat" is the organic scent of decaying meat which effectively attracts fly pollinators. The smell doesn't stay around for long though, and the leaves and stems are quite ornamental. All goes dormant by the end of the summer or early fall.;;Plant this one in shade and good soil - maybe in a shadey spot to deter a peeping Tom? It does not want extra moisture in the winter. It is easily propagated by snapping off the baby bulblets that grow like warts in the leaf and leaflet axils. We ship only dormant bulbs which should be planted several times their width deep. Cat# 1498

Amorphophallus bulbifer, Voodoo Lily
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$15.00 each in quart pots
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Native Plant X Good Fragrance Butterfly Plant
Hummingbird Plant Good Fall Color X Berries & Fruits
X Deer resistant
Ease of Culture
X Easy Not Too Hard Difficult or Tricky
Evergreen
Yes Semi X No
Plant Type
Wildflower Shrub Grass or grass-like
X Perennial Tree Ground cover
Fern Vine
Light Exposure
Full sun Mostly sunny Half and half
X Full shade X Mostly shady
Soil Condition
Sandy X Organic
Clay Average
Moisture Tolerance
Dry Wet
X Moist X Moderate
Height
12" or less
X 24" to 36"
12" to 24" X 36" or taller
Color
X White/whitish X Pink Blue
Yellows Rose Green
Orange, coral Violet Brown
Peach, salmon Lavender X Mauve
Red, scarlet Purple Tan
Bloom Time
Early spring Early summer Early fall
Mid spring X Mid summer Mid fall
Late spring Late summer Late fall

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