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Wow...talk about a treasure hunt...did they have a big X in the front yard?

The amorphophallus rivieri is also known as amorphophallus konjac. It may have been rare when they purchased it, but now it is fairly common. It goes dormant every fall and will come back up in the spring. It is supposed to be zone 6 hardy, but beware, if you put it in the ground you may never get rid of it. They reproduce by generating lots of new bulbs. Yours looks like it may be big enough to bloom in a year or two. It will smell like rotting meat but it looks so cool.

Good find, I hope the AeAe's do well for you. Have you started a pup waiting list yet...your wife will love that ;-)

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