Eryngium ravenelii Charleston Blues Portugal Amorphophallus 'Leo Song' makes a

Amorphophallus 'Leo Song' makes a much tighter clump in the garden than typical Amorphophallus konjac

Howard suggested that Crinum americanum is one of the parents

We have grown the Chinese/Thailand native Amorphophallus corrugatus in our garden since 2003

grown from seed collected by plantsman Kenton Seth in the Texas's Franklin Mountains

Most of the material sold is Japanese in origin compared to this Chinese form

Eryngium ravenelii Charleston Blues Portugal Amorphophallus 'Leo Song' makes a(aka: Eryngium aquaticum var. ravenelii) Eryngium ravenelii is one of those wonderful southeast natives that you wonder why everyone doesn't grow. Shared by plant prodigy Dr. Patrick McMillan, Eryngium ravenelii forms a small basal rosette of 1' long linear leaves, which, starting for us in mid August, is topped with 30" tall flowering stalks, each ending in branched antennae like clusters of 6 10 blue fuzzy, thumb sized ball like flower heads a