Suanne

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Here is photo of the leaves and trunks:

Rina, have any flowered for you?

wow.. nice!!

Chuy

aloebot

Yes, I have them (more mature plants) blooming every year. I am sure the young ones will not bloom yet, but will in couple - few years. I actually prefer just the leaves, and wouldn't mind if they didn't have any flowers. Flower is the first, lasts for a while and dries up, and then leaf grows. As the corm/tuber gets older, stem gets thicker too.

Rina, how do you grow them? Do they die down in winter? Do you grow them in pots?

Dinie

They die down, I just leave some them in pots/dry soil whole winter long and they 'wake' up in Spring. I have taken some out of the pots and left in some wood shavings - just like any bulbs. I grow them in pots. I had few in garden bed last Summer - there were corms/tubers in some soil I dumped in the garden and didn't notice; I do not think they survived winter. I have seen them listed as hardy to z6, but I am not sure. Will see (I am in colder zone)...here they are, mixed with alliums and salvia:

I read that they will bloom even out of soil - I have few tubers right now that I am testing but am not sure if they are mature enough. Bigger one is just under 2" dia; hey may just grow leaves :ETA: I think correctly they are tubers, not corms...I can't correct original post anymore...

They sound very interesting. I once had a Sauromatum in Holland. It bloomed dry on the windowsill. And stank up the room!!! I will PM you!

Rina I would be interested in some of these if you have any available still?

OT thread: I was trying to find what makes my breezeway smell like fresh manure...forgot about this 'stinker' :

I didn't pot up quite a few tubers, but they are growing anyway:Eta: I hope ppl that got tubers are having luck with them. They will not bloom until bit more mature.

I wonder if ppl that got some tubers have plants growing yet...

I started watering my dormant pots quite late, but plants started growing. One of them bloomed fast (posted above). Others started to grow leaves. Unpotted tubrs continue to grow (bottom pics):

Mine are growing! I'll take a photo tomorrow.