Amorphophallus yunnanensis Lai Chau Form Endangered Plants The list includes several types

The list includes several types of bees

The foliage of Calanthe tricarinata is evergreen in mild winters but may become deciduous when temperatures approach 10 degrees F

while the back of the leaves emerge a nice cinnamon red

the 5' tall spikes of bald white bells are an added feature

Amorphophallus yunnanensis Lai Chau Form Endangered Plants The list includes several types(aka: A. y. A1VT 056B) These plants are grown from seed we collected in 2005 in the Lai Chau region of North Vietnam. The resulting seedlings have the heaviest speckling we have ever seen on A. yunnanensis, although it does vary from plant to plant. These fast growers make a 5' tall trunk (taller than the Chinese forms that we had previously grown) of olive brown highlighted with light tan spots. The trunk is topped with a typical palm like leaf. When