Re: A Not-So-Titan Arum
- Subject: Re: A Not-So-Titan Arum
- From: P*@cs.com
- Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 00:50:54 EDT
GENE,
Your post took me back to a humorous incident when my husband and I first
moved into our current home. The place had been completely razed and so
there was no plant life at all, except for what was underground and dormant
when the Cat. went over everything (which ended up being "ditch lilies",
millions of wood hyancinths and the following). Come June or so, up came
these outrageous looking tropical stems with leaves that unfurled and showed
the most intriguing flower . . .except for the FLIES that it attracted and
the STENCH it emitted! It took us a couple of days to realize that we didn't
have a dead animal somewhere!
Alas, that plant didn't last long. We soon let the dogs (large) out of the
kennel when we got the fence up, and they dug that plant up and then down a
foot until it was no more. Apparently they thought there was a dead animal
in there too!
Why on earth do you grow this plant!? :)
Thanks for listening to my story!
SP
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