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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: In Water
Wet
Plant Height: 6.5 to 13 feet (2-4m)
Plant Spread: 3 to 5 feet (.9-1.5m)
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Other: Yellow when ripe.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Other: Spathe cream white, spadix pale yellow to cream white. Upper spathe rotting after fertilization. Lower spathe rotting when berries ripe.
Bloom Size: Over 12"
Flower Time: Other: Seasonal, can bloom at any time of year.
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Water gardens
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Toxicity: Other: All parts of plant contain calcium oxalate crystals, an irritant to the mouth and esophagus. Toxic to cats and dogs.
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: >20C
Days to germinate: 3 to 4 days
Depth to plant seed: Leave on surface
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets

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Common names
  • Typhonodorum

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Location: Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro
Date: 2010-01-15
Location: Botanical Garden of Berlin
Location: Botanical Garden of Berlin
Location: Botanical Garden of the University of Münster
Date: 2017-09-19
Photo by tropicbreeze
Location: Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro
Date: 2010-01-15
Very impressive!
Location: Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro
Date: 2010-01-15
underside leaves plus part of the trunk
Location: Botanical Garden of the University of Münster
Date: 2017-09-19
Location: Botanical Garden of the University of Münster
Date: 2017-09-19
Dead flower
Photo by tropicbreeze
Location: Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro
Date: 2010-01-17
Location: Botanical Garden University Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-10-23
Location: Botanical Garden University Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-10-23

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