Giant Voodoo Lilly -Sauromatum venosum 'Indian Giant' - Tropical style plants

[@Myrtuscommunis]

Great plant, very beautiful. 💚😀

[@yolyrom7233]

I would liked to have seen the flower!

[@funnyshorts1236]

Hey bro has it tumor?

[@kevinjones1259]

I have a few of these and have seen a something like a growth resembling a large blueberry cluster. Pretty sure it is coming from the main part if the plant in the ground. Would attach a pic, but unable to.

[@rallekralle11]

i can recommend S. giganteum as well. it's very different. also Amorphophallus species, A. konjac for example

[@GrowParadise]

thanks for sharing your recommendations 👍

[@Templeflower8909]

Glad i found this video. Is there an easy way to prevent this from spreading please?

[@Tampo-tiger]

Surely you mean the standard type, not the Indian Giant? IG restricts itself pretty carefully, while SV does crop up in odd places. Not sure if you're just having a joke!

[@Templeflower8909]

@@Tampo-tiger No I'm serious, someone has commented below that it spreads.

[@sylviemiles5439]

Hi Craig , wow love this plant and the spots on the leaves , but I don’t fancy the smelly flowers , can the flowers be cut off . And where can we buy them , thanks

[@GrowParadise]

I expect cutting the flowers off won't do too much harm, it is definitely worth experimenting with 👍

[@kysmik8214]

I live in the U.S. in zone 6 and I am reading that the bulbs need dug up every year or they will die in the winter. Are you telling me that with a bit of mulch I can leave these bulbs in the ground and they will not die during the winter cold?

[@GrowParadise]

Mulch helps to protect them from penetrating cold, but in severe freezes and long winters it might not work. I'm growing them in Zone 9 in the UK.

[@TropicalGardening]

They grow like crazy this year in my garden! Leaves almost as big as Tetrapanax, but they need some support otherwise they they won't last long.

[@xerballena4775]

Pongapong yn, my gnyn ako

[@raphlvlogs271]

which part of the UK do you live in?

[@GrowParadise]

I'm down on the south Dorset coast 👍

[@wiebestuive824]

I've got the ordinary variant of Sauromatum venusum. It is completely hardy over here in the North of the Netherlands. Last winter we had a week with with minimum temperatures of around minus 12 degrees C. This spring I had three flowers and at this moment I have more than 10 leaves/plants (they self-seed quite easily). In my garden, new seedlings only appear in fully or semi shaded parts of the garden. The older the plant gets, the bigger the leaves. In my garden, they are the last plants to appear (in the course of June) and the first to vanish (in the course of September). A celebration of Summer.

[@tedscott1478]

Do you any of these for sale?

[@GrowParadise]

Possibly in the next few weeks as dormant bulbs

[@tedscott1478]

@@GrowParadise thanks👍🙂

[@SHOREPATROL37]

They are a nightmare though, I have them scattered all over the garden & find them popping up in some of the strangest of places in pots too, forever pulling them out , there’s also a concern for dogs & cats that can die if eaten by them , so I’ve heard, but luckily I don’t have , so I can grow them in clumps

[@GrowParadise]

Thanks for the tip Pete, I'll bare this in mind 👍