"Liz & Andy" wrote in message after

H wrote in message
plant in the world! I bought 3 bulbs at a local garden show a few weeks
ago.
Couldn't remember what they were called. Popped them in a pot, and out
shot
these very narrow spikes. When one got to about 30 cm tall, the outer
layer
of the 'spike' peeled back. Inside was dark green with bright orange
spots.
Very nice.

However, the smell it produce is outrageous .. especially as they are in
my
conservatory which is stuffed full of plants right now and gets
extremely
hot and humid during the day. Even the cats don't go in there any more
because of the smell!

And so far, only one has 'peeled' so I've got the other 2 to exhibit
themselves!

Sounds a bit like voodoo lily.

They stop smelling when they've finished flowering.

Yes, that's what I thought.
Aren't they in the Arum family the same as that huge Titan arum at Kew with
the biggest (and smelliest) flower in the world?

I had in a previous garden and after it flowered indoors I planted it
outside in a sunny and moist spot and it multiplied over the few years into
a clump, the original "bulb" making up into a huge lump, but I can never
remember it flowering again, suppose it must have and I just missed it.

--
Bob

www.pooleygreengrowers.org.uk/ about an Allotment site in
Runnymede fighting for it's existence.