Amorphophallus konjac — Devil's tongue

This is a plant that caused quite a stir when it flowered for the first time in 10 years at the Wellington Botanic Gardens New Zealand.

As it is pollinated by flies, the unusual flower gives off a very putrid smell which makes getting up close to see the details of the beautiful colour changes a very unpleasant experience! Weird and beautiful with a huge myriad of colours through the spandix and in particular the sheath.

Image size: 41 x 104 cm Portrait
Frame size: 71 x 134

Medium: Watercolour 

Reference: Painted from a specimen grown at the Wellington Botanic Gardens 

Collection: in New Zealand

Scale: life size

Exhibited:

• 12 Oct 2013 - 05 Jan 2014 Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Royal Botanic, Gardens Kew “Black and White in Colour” Exhibition. 
• 2018 — Sydney Botanical Gardens Show 
• 2018 — Wellington Botanic Garden exhibition 
• 2019 — Mitchell Gallery, Wellington