Tacca leontopetaloides Bulbous red-tipped green branches rises well

red-tipped green branches rises well above the foliage

each about two inches across

(Puya tuberosa (Baker clone) x Encholirium species #1 from Rudolph Schulz (Ray Lemieux)

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wickedly spiny species from Southeastern Brazil to Uruguay

Tacca leontopetaloides Bulbous red-tipped green branches rises wellA most unusual form of Bat Plant with the bizarre flowers with long tendrils. This one mimics the look of an Amorphophallus, with the petiolate umbrella leaf but is in the Dioscoreaceae or yam family. The inflorescence is on its own stem, coming from the tuber. In nature this plant is found in Africa, across Southeast Asia to Northern Australia and has been spread by humans across the Indo Pacific as food. Amazingly, it remains rare in collections.