6 Tacca Chantrieri Black Bat Flower

Tacca chantrieri black bat plant.

6 tacca chantrieri black bat flower. This plant has a week to week limit of 2 plants. Plant tacca chantrieri in a rich well drained soil or potting mixture in a pot with good drainage. And produces large green leaves and long stemmed flowers. Tacca chantrieri is an unusual plant in that it has black flowers.

Cat s whiskers devil flower bat plant. Black dark purple white tacca integrifolia hardiness zones. Integrifolia is commonly called the white bat plant. 6 tacca chantrieri black bat flower 35 00 30 00.

The leaves can be as long as 15 inches. Not surprisingly it s also hard to find and difficult to grow. Great size and a beautiful plant. The main attraction of this plant is its flower which is an umbel a flat topped inflorescence with numerous flower stalks.

Zones 10 11 or indoors. Bat flower or tacca is a plant that is native to warm humid regions of asia. Partial sun to dappled shade. 36 inches tall 12 inches wide.

1 large tacca rhizome botanical name. The black bat plant garners its name from its black coloured bat like flower that also has long black whiskers. There are ten species in the genus tacca. Click here to read more about our order limit policies.

In the north tacca plants can grow in the greenhouse or a bat house and also as an indoor houseplant. One of these t. The slightly creepy flowers boast two large leathery flanking bracts which inform the notion that the bloom is bat like. 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.

Click here to be notified when these become available. The amazing bat plant. The flower stem develops from the base of the plant and it can be around 24 inches long. The bizarre flowers are the real conversation starter and ender.

Black bat flower tacca chantrieri. One of the most fabulous flowers ever to evolve. These flowers are somewhat bat shaped are up to 12 inches across and have long whiskers that can grow up to 28 inches. The spectacular flower can get big with long whiskers and black bracts making a bat s face.

Tacca chantrieri or the black bat plant grows from underground rhizomes. Shipping calculated at checkout. Late summer through fall. These particular unique flowering plants are native to southeast asia and grow wild in yunnan province china.

Tacca chantrierei grows wild in the tropical rainforests of yunnan province china. It can grow to 36 inches in height and bear huge 12 inch flowers. Home6 tacca chantrieri black bat flower sold out. During winter hold off on watering and allow the plant to rest over winter.