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Maggie3fan

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If you've never experienced Voodoo Lily (Amorphophallus konjac) you haven't lived. Sends up a single flower stalk in early spring. Smells like a dumpster full of rotted meat. Attracts & is pollinated by flies that are drawn to the odor. Bloom stalks die off to later be replaced by a single massive leaf. Coolest plant I have EVER had.

I have seen this plant...so cool looking, but with all the dog crap smells from my neighbors yard who does not pick up his dog poop...I'm not sure I would like the dead smell from that plant...:)
 

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If you've never experienced Voodoo Lily (Amorphophallus konjac) you haven't lived. Sends up a single flower stalk in early spring. Smells like a dumpster full of rotted meat. Attracts & is pollinated by flies that are drawn to the odor. Bloom stalks die off to later be replaced by a single massive leaf. Coolest plant I have EVER had.
Dumpster of rotted meat!!? Hahaha ewe. What is its purpose?!
 

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Dumpster of rotted meat!!? Hahaha ewe. What is its purpose?!
That stench of death is what attracts the flies that serve as pollinators...and it drives my wife as close to filing for divorce as drinking and carousing would. I usually keep the tubers (bulbs) out of the pots over winter, hence they all bloom inside the garage where I store them, and if you didn't know better you would swear Jeffrey Dahmer was stashing victims at our house...
 

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That stench of death is what attracts the flies that serve as pollinators...and it drives my wife as close to filing for divorce as drinking and carousing would. I usually keep the tubers (bulbs) out of the pots over winter, hence they all bloom inside the garage where I store them, and if you didn't know better you would swear Jeffrey Dahmer was stashing victims at our house...
Alrighty... And why did you start keep them? Do the flys pollenate any other plants?
 

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Alrighty... And why did you start keep them? Do the flys pollenate any other plants?
Well, it was because I couldn't acquire/house/propagate the big brother: Amorphophallus titanum, which produces the famous corpse flower - the largest flower in the world. It is usually only grown in great green houses because of it's great size. And I can't only rhapsodize about the odor they create!

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Here's my garden before I pulled out the kale:

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Just kidding.

Here's my garden:

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Here's my garden before I pulled out the kale:

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Just kidding.

Here's my garden:

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Here's my garden before I pulled out the kale:

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Just kidding.

Here's my garden:

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Oh my gosh! My sister is developing a sense of humor!!! I was picturing your property and trying to figure out where that plant was...lol
 

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My wife is competing with squirrels and blue jay every day.

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Here are some favorite photos of "manure day" at our friends' ranch. Shortly after these photos were taken, I would be seen holding a shovel and yelling..."KIDS, DON'T YOU REALIZE YOU'RE THROWING COW POOP AT EACH OTHER!?!?!?"

What??? Ranches have manure and I use manure from this ranch in my GARDEN---SEE...It totally works on a garden thread..
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My sweet husband and son

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oldest and youngest daughter

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My third daughter is in red -------------------The poop yelling took place shortly after this butterfly barn photo:)
What a beautiful family!
 

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Today~

My wife --1

squirrels and blue jay -- 0

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That's a pretty tree, but I wouldn't want the mess. Does Irene do anything with the fruit? Can it? Make jam?
 

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We just moved over the late winter to a new house with a lovely yard of many trees, including white pines and apple trees. We have a tree closer to the house that is just starting to bud. We think it's some sort of walnut tree, but we're not sure. If it is, we'll pick another spot in the yard for the tortoise enclosure. Any ideas?

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That's a pretty tree, but I wouldn't want the mess. Does Irene do anything with the fruit? Can it? Make jam?
Irene and her Mom just eat them. She also share some with a friend of ours.
 

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The cactus I'm showing you is the one up against the house, not the one in front of it. The tall blue one. The cactus has been growing in that bed for about 25 years and I think this is the first time it's ever bloomed. What a small insignificant flower for such a tall cactus (Pilosocereus pachycladus). Please disregard the old, junky house behind the cacti. It's the original house that was built on this property many, many years ago, used only for storage now:

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