Bat Plant
This week I have chosen to show you this spectacular Bat Plant. It is one of the most unusual flowers in my garden and flowers during the hot tropical summer months, but as I won’t be home when it is flowering I am showing you one from last season.
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Common Names: Bat Flower, Black Bat Flower, Cats Whiskers, Devil Flower, Bat Head Lily, Bat Plant, Devil’s Tongue, Black Tacca, Jews Beard, Voodoo Flower.
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Nalinki on “Angles and views” is hosting a weekly series called: “Flowersoverflowers”, it will be posted every Tuesday. The idea is to bring some more colorful pics of nature into our blogosphere.
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That is extraordinary, Pauline! And a fine photo 🙂
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They stay flowering for so long in the garden Jo but they are not good cut flowers.
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I haven’t seen one of these before, Pauline. It’s awesome! 😀
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I think they are in the Cairns Botanic Garden Dianne and they would grow so well in your garden.
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I’ll have to go and have a look 😉
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A very different looking flower, Pauline. I think you could have used this pic for the ‘Creepy’ WP challenge. 🙂
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Oh yes… 😦
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this is amazing. I would ´love to have a bat flower in my garden
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What sort of climate do you live in Nalinki? It will only grow in tropical places…
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I live in Austria, Unfortunately it won’t grow here
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Don’t think so, unless you have a greenhouse…
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Spectacular indeed.. and one I had not seen before 🙂
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You won’t find it in your average UK garden Sue 🙂
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most definitely not 🙂 lol
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The clarity of that photo is spectacular – the light on leaves and petals, and every “peculiarity” displayed to perfection. Why did you choose to call it bat plant from so many options??
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That is what the nurseries call it. I didn’t know all its other common names till I Googled it…
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How beautiful I desperately want one!
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It will have to live indoors with you at your place Gilly…
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I’ve never seen one of these before. Now I can see the bat face and the ears. It’s well named. 🙂
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It is a very hardy specimen over here. Never any problems with pests and disease
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Stunningly gawjus – thank you!!!
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Truly magnificent photo. Thank you for sharing.
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This always makes me think of your tribe…
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Oh wow! I think this could have been used in the ‘creepy’ challenge too!
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It certainly could Jude, especially when it is lurking around in the shade waiting to pounce!!!!
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What a wonderfully exotic flower, Pauline. I can definitely understand the Cat’s Whiskers name, as well as Voodoo Flower!
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It is amazing and quite big too.
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An amazing looking plant -so tropical and exotic!
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It will only grow outside in the tropics but I think you could grow it as a house plant or in a greenhouse.
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Wow!
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🙂
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Easy to see why some call it Cat’s Whiskers, Pauline. What an unusual plant. And of course, now I’m wondering where you’re off to 🙂
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2 More house sits before the end of the year and a quick visit to NZ…
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