Amorphophallus yunnanensis Cypripedium Hamilton Traub

Hamilton Traub

the sturdy clumps are topped with dramatic and very attractive purple flower buds which open later to reveal lavender flowers atop 3' scapes

In mid- to late-April

bushy mound of stems

Amorphophallus yunnanensis Cypripedium Hamilton TraubThis fun, easy to grow species from Yunnan, China makes a small plant to 3' tall. The single leaf is held atop a 2 3' tall, smooth, dark green stalk, beautifully mottled with lighter green and flesh colored blotches. The flower of Amorphophallus yunnanensis emerges in early spring, albeit nothing like its better endowed cousins. The 3 6" tall spadix, looking like a pink alien head with a white neck, sits atop a nicely mottled 1 2' tall petiole