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  • Answered by
    BushDoctor on
    March 30, 2020
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    You can plant once the soil reamins above 60 degrees. In your area, the whole plant will die back each year and will need to be wintered indoors.

    Here is an article that will help you with their care: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/voodoo-lily/voodoo-lily-information.htm

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    GKH_Susan on
    July 13, 2020
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    This plant will thrive in bright sun, but in order to bloom it needs partial shade. Perhaps something has changed in its environment? I'm also wondering if it got too hot in Oregon earlier this year.The plant may be suffering from scale, which can be difficult to detect. Here's a link to several articles about scale and how to treat it. https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/search?q=scale-insect-control
    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/bulbs/dragon-arum-lily/growing-dragon-arums.htm

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    GKH_Susan on
    April 12, 2021
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    How disappointing! I wonder if it is weather related. Though supposedly hardy to zone 6, they are tropical plants. It also needs a dry period, is it getting that? Here are some detailed care tips that may help:

    https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/voodoo-lily-amorphophallus-konjac/

    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/voodoo-lily/voodoo-lily-information.htm

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  • Answered by
    BushDoctor on
    November 4, 2021
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    Yes, if you want it to grow as close to natural as possible. They need that cold to kill off the foliage before dormancy. You will only need to bring it in during the coldest month of the year in your are, which is zone 5.

    These are hardy from zone 6 to 10. With this being said, they will not experience a true dormancy in warmer climates. So, though it needs the cold to initiate dormancy, it does not need the dormancy in order to survive.

    If you want to treat it as a tropical, year round, then I would suggest bringing it in long before it withers for the year.

    I would opt to give it a dormancy, though. This will give you a time of year that you don't have to pay close attention to the plant. Plus- You don't want this thing to flower indoors. It would be overbearing. The smell is very bad.

    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/voodoo-lily/voodoo-lily-information.htm

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