Tacca leontopetaloides Bulbous A caulescent species with a

A caulescent species with a stem to over two feet long with very stiff

and black leaf tips

This monstrose form has stems that are twisted and curled in a most peculiar fashion

wickedly spiny species from Southeastern Brazil to Uruguay

(Puya tuberosa (Baker clone) x Encholirium species #1 from Rudolph Schulz (Ray Lemieux)

Tacca leontopetaloides Bulbous A caulescent species with aA most unusual form of Bat Plant with the bizarre flowers with long tendrils. This one mimics the look of an Amorphophallus, with the petiolate umbrella leaf but is in the Dioscoreaceae or yam family. The inflorescence is on its own stem, coming from the tuber. In nature this plant is found in Africa, across Southeast Asia to Northern Australia and has been spread by humans across the Indo Pacific as food. Amazingly, it remains rare in collections.