Amorphophallus brevispathus Saururus and surrounding provinces comes an

and surrounding provinces comes an endangered tree peony species that was first published in 1992 and named after Italian peony expert

From a distance

highlighted by the dramatic red-purple veining in the leaves

and producing lots of offspring

comes to us from the garden of South Africa's Ian Smith

Amorphophallus brevispathus Saururus and surrounding provinces comes anWe were fortunate to see Amorphophallus brevispathus in the wild in Thailand in 2005, growing in tiny cracks in huge rocks slippery rocks, north of Bangkok. The nice monks (probably redundant) were kind enough to allow us to collect a few samples from which these were propagated. Amorphophallus brevispathus forms an 18" tall green petiole, topped with a plain green leaf what else would you expect from monks? The strange part is the flower brevispathus