Amorphophallus decus-silvae

Amorphophallus decus-silvae is a rare and hard-to-find species. Closely related to A. gigas, is composed of a single green leaf atop a 10-12' tall, beautifully speckled stalk that joins a leaf to a stempetiole of brown, green, and white. The 5' tall flowers of a plantinflorescence, composed of a purple a sheathing modified leaf partly enclosing flowersspathe and giant white fleshy spike of minute flowersspadix, sits atop a 6-8' tall spike