Amorphophallus konjac

Voodoo lily

by randy | Feb 6, 2019 | Rare Plants | 0 comments

Amorphophallus konjac is grown extensively throughout Asia as a food crop. Amorphophallus konjac (syn. A. rivieri),has an edible corm (bulbo-tuber). Shiritaki noodles are made from the tubers of Amorphophallus konjac. It is also known as konjaku, konnyaku potato,...

Piper nigrum

Black Pepper

by randy | Feb 6, 2019 | Spice | 0 comments

Black pepper is native to Kerala in Southwestern India, and is extensively cultivated there and elsewhere in tropical regions. I have a large specimen growing on the front of my house which is actually quite beautiful. That plant is pictured above. I was trying to get...

Inga Feuillei

Ice Cream Bean

by randy | Jan 21, 2019 | Fruit | 0 comments

Inga feuillei, named after Louis Feuillée, also called pacay or the ice-cream bean, is a fruit-tree in the Fabaceae family native to northwestern South America. It is a fast growing tree tht is often planted in its native range for the purpose of pollarding for...

Kaempferia parviflora

by randy | Jan 17, 2019 | Ginger Plants, Rare Plants, Spice | 0 comments

Kaempferia parviflora is an herbaceous plant in the family Zingiberaceae, native to Thailand. Kaempferia parviflora has been the subject of increased scientific interest in recent years. In a systematic review in 2016, 683 records and 7 studies were analyzed, with a...

Amorphophallus impressus

by randy | Dec 28, 2018 | Rare Plants | 0 comments

Amorphophallus impressus is from Malawi. There is very little information about this species, but they don’t differ from other species in their care or growing. I particularly like the spittoon shaped flowers on this species. Like all Amorphophallus, the flowers...