Tacca time

[Pedro 65]

March here in Oz is when Tacca integrifolia or Bat plant shows its very cool Bat like flowers.

If you have some Tacca's in flower, post here.

Pete

[Pip]

Wow they sure are spectacular looking blooms.

[Gonzer]

Dam you Pete, always got the cool stuff!

[tropicbreeze]

The T. leontopetaloides here is in full swing now, but the T. integrifolia is all leaf and no show.

[Kim]

Yes, I am jealous! These are grown in the ground, or in pots? Such a spectacular display. The black ones are nice, too, but the white shows up better in most gardens. Thanks for the treat!

[Pedro 65]

Thanks Pip, Gonz. Zig and Kim.

Kim, its in ground and I have a few black bats in pots that will be planted in the same shady, moist area as pics below show.

Pete

[Pip]

Do they require a summer rainfall climate?

[Pedro 65]

Do they require a summer rainfall climate?

Pip, they like to be "continually moist" and grown in "shade", if they dry out they flop flat on the ground, you could grow them in a Shady , protected from dry winds, continually moist spot. In the real hot dry summer you get, "divert" the washing machine water to them so the ground never dries out

The flowers really are 'something else".

Pete

[Pip]

Cool thanks, Tacca are on my possible list for when I achieve more shade in my garden.

[trioderob]

very nice !

Edited March 4, 2015 by trioderob

[Cindy Adair]

Some of my very favorite flowers! Doubt mine are in bloom now though. Stunning!

I recently added the slightly less amazing black bats and failed to pick a spot with continual moisture.

Just as you described it flattened like a pancake but with some TLC (water!) on my January visit it appeared to be recovering. Likely I should just move it to a better spot!

[tjwalters]

Black Bat Flower - Tacca chantrieri (Dioscoreaceae)

[Pedro 65]

Pip, mine are under 50% s/cloth, 75% would be needed with yr dry heat.

Thanks Rob, I "enjoy" posting pics

Cindy, yes they are pretty darn tough cookies really, the blacks in pots where flat and fried but soon as good falls of rain arrived out comes a burst of new leaves, they are in ground and "happy now" , not long and you will be back home in your tropical garden

Thanks for the Black bat pics Tom , the Whites are certainly the largest and most desirable flowerts of all the Tacca family.

Pete

[virtualpalm]

Nice one, Pete. Here is our T. integrifolia. Gotta love 'em.

[tjwalters]

Dang. I might have to get a white one, too.

[virtualpalm]

Tacca palmatifida