| Devil's Tongue |
|
 |
|
| File size | 165255 |
| Original date | 6/19/08 12:12 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 63.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1250s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
| Focus Distance | |
| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S3 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
 |
 ative |
 |
Photo: |
Botanical name: Amorphophallus bulbifer Family: Araceae (Arum family)
Synonyms: Arum bulbiferum
Synonyms: Arum bulbiferum
Devil's Tongue is a very interesting Aroids, native to NE India. The
foliage will reach 3 feet in 6 inch pots. Leaves are digitately divided
into leaflets. The dark green leaf and spotted
stems make quite an attractive plant. Devil’s Tongue probably get its name
from its spathe which is 8 inches long with greenish lines and spotted
pink outside, rose in the throat and becoming flesh colored upward inside,
spadix is shorter, the sterile appendage pinkish, 3 inches long. Devil's
Tongue thrive in a rich loamy soil in partial shade. Compost should
consist of 2 parts loam to 1 part peat moss to 1 part sand. Keep the plant
evenly moist all through the growing season. Fertilize monthly with a
houseplant fertilizer diluted to ½ the strength recommended on the label.
Water should be gradually withheld starting in October until the leaf
withers. Devil's Tongue is propagated by division of offsets or by seed.
Flowering: March-April.
| Identification credit: Dimple Bhati | Photographed in Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,