Awesome flower spathe

[quaman58]

Hey all, I saw this in my neighbors yard; this has to be the inspiration for the flower in the movie "little shop of horrors". Terry referred to it as the "jumanji " flower. Any guesses?

[quaman58]

They're the size of small coconuts..

[dalmatiansoap]

Lol, yes just like Audrey

[gyuseppe]

WALLICHIA?

[Pal Meir]

13 minutes ago, gyuseppe said:

WALLICHIA?

Palmpedia:

http://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/images/8/8c/Wdimg_0863.jpg

[quaman58]

37 minutes ago, gyuseppe said:

WALLICHIA?

Superb guess! Its a dwarf, i seem to remember it being microcarpa.

[quaman58]

45 minutes ago, gyuseppe said:

WALLICHIA?

31 minutes ago, Pal Meir said:

 

Actually, I believe its densiflora after seeing Pal Meir's link. Thanks..

[LJG]

That's the male flower. Females come off the stem later. Weird sequence. 

[richnorm]

3 hours ago, LJG said:

That's the male flower. Females come off the stem later. Weird sequence. 

Is it normally female anthesis first?    I must admit I thought it was the other way round.

[LJG]

2 hours ago, richnorm said:

Is it normally female anthesis first?    I must admit I thought it was the other way round.

Said it was a weird sequence. At least with my plant. The female flower on mine tended to fully expose after the male flower opened. The female flower was always towards the top.