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How To Grow Voodoo Lily aka Corpse Flower aka Devil’s tongue aka Amorphophallus aka malformed penis
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Voodoo Lily Info: Information On How To Plant A Voodoo Lily Bulb
Voodoo lily plants are grown for the gigantic size of the flowers and for the unusual foliage. The flowers produce a strong, offensive odor similar to that of rotting meat. The smell attracts the flies that pollinate the flowers. They are not as difficult to grow as their exotic appearance may suggest, however. Learning how to plant a voodoo lily bulb and the subsequent care of voodoo lilies can actually be quite easy.
Voodoo Lily Info
Voodoo lily, also called Devil’s tongue, is a member of the genus Amorphophallus. The voodoo lily, A. titanum, is the largest flower in the world. A. konjac has smaller flowers, but it is still quite large compared to other garden flowers.
Each bulb produces one stalk, about 6 feet tall (2 m.), topped by one gigantic leaf. After the leaf stalk withers, the voodoo lily bulb produces a flower stalk. The flower is actually a spathe and spadex arrangement similar to a calla lily. The spadex can be 10 to over 50 inches (25.5 to 127 cm.) long. The blossom only lasts a day or two.
How to Plant a Voodoo Lily
A voodoo lily bulb is up to 10 inches (25.5 cm.) across, round and flattened. Choose bulbs that are at least the size of a softball to get flowers the first year.
You will want to plant the voodoo lily bulb a good distance from your house so that the odor doesn’t become too annoying. Plant the bulb in a location with full or partial shade in spring after the soil has warmed to about 60 degrees Fahrenheit (15.5 C.). Cover them with 5 to 7 inches (13 to 18 cm.) of soil.
Care of Voodoo Lilies
Once established, voodoo lilies are relatively carefree. The plant doesn’t need supplemental watering except during prolonged dry spells and never needs fertilizer. Remove the bloom when it fades, but allow the stalk to remain on the voodoo lily bulb until it withers.
Voodoo lily plants are hardy in USDA zones 6 through 10. In cooler zones, you can lift the bulb for indoor storage after the foliage is killed back by frost. The bulb has no special storage requirements. Brush off the soil and set the bulb on a shelf until spring. The problem with bringing it inside is that the bulb will come to flower while indoors and the smell is overpowering.
Voodoo lilies can also be grown in pots. Use a pot 4 inches (10 cm.) in diameter larger than the bulb. Allow the soil to dry out before watering. In zones cooler than 6, bring the potted bulb indoors for winter, but be aware of its unpleasant odor.
Spray the flower with hairspray when it blooms. It will seal in the smell, and the flower will actually stay pretty for an extra week or two and the smell will dissapear completely. I live in N. Florida and actually have a basement that has been converted into a hydroponic grow room. Have plans for a fish pond to feed my vegetables. The Corpse plant is one of my favorite plants. I was lucky enough to be given a couple of corms from award winning Audrey 2. I just love em!!!
Post script, I love the way he says, "root" 😃😆
How do you know so much about these plants? Awesome!
My mother started her voodoo lily garden 20 yrs ago. They survive in the ground through the sometimes Jan subzero temps in Northern VA. Multiplies quickly and grows best in a shaded area.
Thanks, good to hear. I have my first one in my shade garden. I am in Zone 7B.
The smell is actually sweat. Just triggers your "There is a dead rat" but once you rationalise that away the sweetness is left.
That's REALLY interesting! I'm not sure if I'd want one of those in my home, but I admire him for committing to it.
i'm not sure if I want them in my home either but I have two bulbs for them now!
Man, I miss living in Chicago and having access to so many unique plant stores and interesting people. Thanks for the good vides and neat insights!
Such a great city!
I live in England and we just leave it in our greenhouse in winter time.
Tell him buy a grow tent that comes with a charcoal air filter.
Not the only plant that generates heat. The skunk cabbage is another
Was just gifted 3 transplants.. they are saggy and sad.. hoping they recover.
I grow these in spring as its to cold in the winter here in New Zealand but i have one inside that is flowering. Ive alwas wanted to try the Titans one which are bigger and harder.
Just bought some bulbs today.
This looks like a Chicago neighborhood. I do have now about 20 of these 3 inches wide. I think they will bloom anyway. Covering in plastic indoors. Hmmm... 10:36 mentioned Chicago. So I was right. Architecture is distinctive. Coincidentally we got a tornado down our own street in suburb from the same storm 2020.
okay so if i don’t mess up i will get a bloom around march of next year !
That’s right!
Are they perennial or annual !
A question I have that I've been unable to find an answer to, is about how far away is the smell noticeable? Like will my neighbors be upset with me, or can only smell within a distance, and roughly what is that distance?
I haven’t smelled one of them while they are in that state, so I’m unsure, but from what he said to me, it’s pretty fragrant so I would think a next door neighbor 50 feet away would be safe, but not at 10 feet away
I have had mine for 3 or 4 years, I was warned it would stink when it eventually blooms but it’s no where near blooming. Being in Ohio I let the stems die off then bring the bulb in and plant again in the spring, so should not let it die off in the winter? Do I have to keep it alive in order for it to bloom or is it just to young? Or both? Lol sorry. I’ve been waiting a long time for this thing to flower.
You're doing everything right. Each year the corm grows a little bigger. It will take years for it to bloom. I've seen corms that weigh over a hundred pounds that have yet to bloom. That's why photographers from all over the world will come to take pictures when a Titan blooms...