Amorphophallus yunnanensis Cypripedium followed in late spring with

followed in late spring with bronze flower spikes that rise to 2' in height

the sturdy clumps are topped with dramatic and very attractive purple flower buds which open later to reveal lavender flowers atop 3' scapes

Recent research has shown that Musa basjoo

By summer the seeds are mature and shed from the fruit as the fruit open

bushy mound of stems

Amorphophallus yunnanensis Cypripedium followed in late spring withThis fun, easy to grow species from Yunnan, China makes a small plant to 3' tall. The single leaf is held atop a 2 3' tall, smooth, dark green stalk, beautifully mottled with lighter green and flesh colored blotches. The flower of Amorphophallus yunnanensis emerges in early spring, albeit nothing like its better endowed cousins. The 3 6" tall spadix, looking like a pink alien head with a white neck, sits atop a nicely mottled 1 2' tall petiole