In amongst the pots that I have inherited I found a pot (at first glance empty) with a label Titan Arum, there is what appears to be a corm? with a small shoot growing. As for the other plants I typed the name into google and came up with some shocking results - this is one that I never want to flower!

Any one got a clue how to care for the leaf that should appear? Most sites just give details about the magnificant flower, none about caring for it.

Does anybody else know of anyone who has one?

"Potty Sarah" wrote in message
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In amongst the pots that I have inherited I found a pot (at first glance
empty) with a label Titan Arum, there is what appears to be a corm? with
a small shoot growing. As for the other plants I typed the name into
google and came up with some shocking results - this is one that I
never want to flower!

Any one got a clue how to care for the leaf that should appear? Most
sites just give details about the magnificant flower, none about caring
for it.

Does anybody else know of anyone who has one?
Potty Sarah

I think the 'shoot' might actually be the flower spike.............it seems to
produce this before any leaves materialise.

If you really hate it, may I suggest you donate it to a local botanical garden?
Jenny

"Potty Sarah" wrote in message
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In amongst the pots that I have inherited I found a pot (at first glance
empty) with a label Titan Arum, there is what appears to be a corm? with
a small shoot growing. As for the other plants I typed the name into
google and came up with some shocking results - this is one that I
never want to flower!

Any one got a clue how to care for the leaf that should appear? Most
sites just give details about the magnificant flower, none about caring
for it.

Does anybody else know of anyone who has one?


--
Potty Sarah

How big was the corm? AFAIK unless it is fairly large I would not expect it
to flower this year.
Please tell us more about the other "nasties" they sound like my type of
plants.
If you hate them that much I will take them off your hands:-)

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Please go to the gardenbanter homepage , click "about gardenbanter",
and read the third post down by the webmaster. This explains the correct
way to post to this newsgroup including how to choose an appropriate
header. Thankyou.

Janet.

Sorry that I did not use an appropriate header to my message - I was so intent on finding some information on this plant that I used 'help'- It won't happen again

To clear up a misunderstanding that may have come across in my first post:

I do not hate this, or any other plant, it was just a shock to find out that this dinky little corm (1.5cm across) may eventually grow into the largest flower known in the world - and to top it all, it will smell like a corpse!!! I strongly suspect that it is not a flower spike - on research I have found that most flowering corms weigh well over 20lb, often corms a foot in diameter and have been kept in a glass/greenhouse. They only flower once because of the 'strength' it takes the plant to produce this massive flower - then it dies. It does, however, produce more corms before its demise. It produces only one leaf, which resembles a small tree and has the most facinating pattern on the stem.

I will post again once I have spare corms and will willingly post some off to anyone who so wishes one.

Still looking for information of how to care for the leaf.

Thanks for your replies

"Potty Sarah" wrote in message
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Rupert Wrote:
"Potty Sarah" wrote in message
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In amongst the pots that I have inherited I found a pot (at first
glance
empty) with a label Titan Arum, there is what appears to be a corm?
with
a small shoot growing. As for the other plants I typed the name into
google and came up with some shocking results - this is one that I
never want to flower!

Any one got a clue how to care for the leaf that should appear? Most
sites just give details about the magnificant flower, none about
caring
for it.

Does anybody else know of anyone who has one?


--
Potty Sarah

How big was the corm? AFAIK unless it is fairly large I would not
expect it
to flower this year.
Please tell us more about the other "nasties" they sound like my type
of
plants.
If you hate them that much I will take them off your hands:-)

To clear up a misunderstanding that may have come across in my first
post:

I do not hate this, or any other plant, it was just a shock to find out
that this dinky little corm (1.5cm across) may eventually grow into the
largest flower known in the world - and to top it all, it will smell
like a corpse!!! I strongly suspect that it is not a flower spike - on
research I have found that most flowering corms weigh well over 20lb,
often corms a foot in diameter and have been kept in a
glass/greenhouse. They only flower once because of the 'strength' it
takes the plant to produce this massive flower - then it dies. It does,
however, produce more corms before its demise. It produces only one
leaf, which resembles a small tree and has the most facinating pattern
on the stem.

I will post again once I have spare corms and will willingly post some
off to anyone who so wishes one.

Still looking for information of how to care for the leaf.

Thanks for your replies


Buga I was hoping you had a very big flowering corm that you wanted rid of.
Nothing much to do to the leaf really. Keep the thing out of direct sun and
feed a few times each season and do not have it in soggy compost during
dormancy. It's not much different to any of the other aroids--just takes a
long time to flower.

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Potty Sarah

Consider yourself told :-((

Potty Sarah wrote:
Janet Baraclough Wrote:
The message
from Potty Sarah contains these
words:

Please go to the gardenbanter homepage , click "about gardenbanter",
and read the third post down by the webmaster. This explains the
correct
way to post to this newsgroup including how to choose an appropriate
header. Thankyou.

Janet.

Sorry that I did not use an appropriate header to my message - I was so
intent on finding some information on this plant that I used 'help'- It
won't happen again

LOL! Don't worry about it. Because this is a group in which there is
an interesting diversity of people with various areas of knowledge and
experience, grabbing their attention with something more specific will
work better for you.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon

"Potty Sarah" wrote
To clear up a misunderstanding that may have come across in my first
post:

I do not hate this, or any other plant, it was just a shock to find out
that this dinky little corm (1.5cm across) may eventually grow into the
largest flower known in the world - and to top it all, it will smell
like a corpse!!! I strongly suspect that it is not a flower spike - on
research I have found that most flowering corms weigh well over 20lb,
often corms a foot in diameter and have been kept in a
glass/greenhouse. They only flower once because of the 'strength' it
takes the plant to produce this massive flower - then it dies. It does,
however, produce more corms before its demise. It produces only one
leaf, which resembles a small tree and has the most facinating pattern
on the stem.

I will post again once I have spare corms and will willingly post some
off to anyone who so wishes one.

Still looking for information of how to care for the leaf.
Thanks for your replies
Potty Sarah

You might ask these people:
http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/conserv...search/titan_a
rum

This seems to be a forum about them:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/69521/index.html

And Wikipedia has :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_arum
and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphophallus



HTH Jenny

Thanks Jenny, looks like I really don't have to do too much to care for it. It does say that they are expensive, so I'll guard it with my life and hope for the best

It would be a great help for you to subscribe direstly to this newsgroup
rather than try to access it through this 'gardenbanter' site.

Alan

"Potty Sarah" wrote in message
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Rupert Wrote:
"Potty Sarah" wrote in message
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In amongst the pots that I have inherited I found a pot (at first
glance
empty) with a label Titan Arum, there is what appears to be a corm?
with
a small shoot growing. As for the other plants I typed the name into
google and came up with some shocking results - this is one that I
never want to flower!

Any one got a clue how to care for the leaf that should appear? Most
sites just give details about the magnificant flower, none about
caring
for it.

Does anybody else know of anyone who has one?


--
Potty Sarah

How big was the corm? AFAIK unless it is fairly large I would not
expect it
to flower this year.
Please tell us more about the other "nasties" they sound like my type
of
plants.
If you hate them that much I will take them off your hands:-)

To clear up a misunderstanding that may have come across in my first
post:

I do not hate this, or any other plant, it was just a shock to find out
that this dinky little corm (1.5cm across) may eventually grow into the
largest flower known in the world - and to top it all, it will smell
like a corpse!!! I strongly suspect that it is not a flower spike - on
research I have found that most flowering corms weigh well over 20lb,
often corms a foot in diameter and have been kept in a
glass/greenhouse. They only flower once because of the 'strength' it
takes the plant to produce this massive flower - then it dies. It does,
however, produce more corms before its demise. It produces only one
leaf, which resembles a small tree and has the most facinating pattern
on the stem.

I will post again once I have spare corms and will willingly post some
off to anyone who so wishes one.

Still looking for information of how to care for the leaf.

Thanks for your replies


--
Potty Sarah