Of philosophy and Amorphophallus
"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." -Leo Tolstoy Ask anyone who grows aroids and are therefore familiar with Amorphophallus but would not want to grow Amorphophallus, and you'll receive these two answers the most frequently as to why they don't and won't: they stink and they go dormant. The odor of the inflorescences in most species is a given. However, there are those with rather fragrant odors and there are those that are innocuous, scent-wise. And yet, these same plants are still nowhere near as commonly cultivated as any other aroid. Besides, most Amorphophallus species bloom very unpredictably and infrequently; an Amorphophallus in flower is an event of its own like I said numerous times previously. When a plant you have had for a decade flowers for the first time, you really would not worry about the olfactory assault, would you? The bloom will last for just a few days, to be repeated for who knows when- another decade, perhaps? ...