Amorphophallus konjac 'GORDON'S GOLD'

 Amorphophallus konjac 'GORDON'S GOLD'

Voodoo Lily

Named after Dave Gordon, a plant collector and a former nursery owner in California.

Amorphophallus are very interesting plants. One species of this arum has the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world, the titan arum. Amorphophallus titanum is endemic to Sumatra. Due to its odor, like that of a rotting corpse, the titan arum is characterized as a carrion flower and is also known as the corpse flower or corpse plant.

Konjac is one of the species of Amorphophallus that I grow and I love all the four cultivars of this species that I have. 'Leo Song', 'Gordon's Gold', 'Nightstick', and the regular konjac. They have beautiful markings that are totally different from each other. They also look like small palm trees with out-of-this-world markings on the petiole. They also produce just a single leaf per season! Yes, just one. A single beautiful leaf that lasts from spring to fall. There's more about this plant, When in bloom it produces an odor like a dead animal! 😖 The smell is intended to attract the carrion flies that are its natural pollinators. 

Personally, it's all worth the wait. The flower is very unique, huge, and gorgeous. I can't wait to post mine on Instagram! 😂

'Gordon's Gold' is a spectacular addition to a garden. My corm last year (2021) was a huge 5 pounds split into two blooming sizes, so I now (Spring 2022) have two Gordon's Gold blooming this year.

It's exciting when you see your Hoya forming flower buds and it's even worse when you see your Amorphophallus doing that because it takes around 7 - 10 years for this plant to bloom and it may take the same amount of waiting for it to bloom again.