6 Tacca Chantrieri Black Bat Flower

Each umbel has the two bracts that are wing like structures which can be black maroon black or purplish.

6 tacca chantrieri black bat flower. There are ten species in the genus tacca. The black bat flower blooms throughout late spring and summer. Click here to read more about our order limit policies. One of the most fabulous flowers ever to evolve.

The black bat plant garners its name from its black coloured bat like flower that also has long black whiskers. Great size and a beautiful plant. Home6 tacca chantrieri black bat flower sold out. These flowers are somewhat bat shaped are up to 12 inches across and have long whiskers that can grow up to 28 inches.

Integrifolia is commonly called the white bat plant. Native to thailand the unusual bat flower with white whiskers can be grown in your home with the right care and culture of temperature and light. Tacca chantrieri black bat plant. Zones 10 11 or indoors.

6 tacca chantrieri black bat flower 35 00 30 00. During winter hold off on watering and allow the plant to rest over winter. The amazing bat plant. The bizarre flowers are the real conversation starter and ender.

Black bat flower tacca chantrieri. Late summer through fall. Cat s whiskers devil flower bat plant. Not surprisingly it s also hard to find and difficult to grow.

Tacca chantrieri is an unusual plant in that it has black flowers. Partial sun to dappled shade. Bat flower or tacca is a plant that is native to warm humid regions of asia. 36 inches tall 12 inches wide.

This plant has a week to week limit of 2 plants. The main attraction of this plant is its flower which is an umbel a flat topped inflorescence with numerous flower stalks. Shipping calculated at checkout. Click here to be notified when these become available.

It can grow to 36 inches in height and bear huge 12 inch flowers. And produces large green leaves and long stemmed flowers. In the north tacca plants can grow in the greenhouse or a bat house and also as an indoor houseplant. Tacca chantrieri or the black bat plant grows from underground rhizomes.

Tacca chantrierei grows wild in the tropical rainforests of yunnan province china. The leaves can be as long as 15 inches. Black dark purple white tacca integrifolia hardiness zones. These particular unique flowering plants are native to southeast asia and grow wild in yunnan province china.

The tacca chantrieri also known as the black bat plant is a member of the yam family called dioscoreaceae. One of these t. 1 large tacca rhizome botanical name. The flower stem develops from the base of the plant and it can be around 24 inches long.