I don't know either, but here it comes again (bioblitz part 1)

[ritaxis]

Well, I did go out to my favorite culvert for two hours and let me tell you, this biology gig is hard. I'll be blogging properly about it later in the week, but first I want to share with you the most amazing thing there:

I really don't know what it is. Do you?


These pictures don't express the enormity of the thing. Each mature leaf is as long as I am tall.





The flower spathes are much bigger than they look here, even in the picture with my hand. They are as long as my arm.





The plant has been there for years, steadily getting bigger. I just don't know what it is or where it came from. I'm tempted to call it alien, but it has terrestrial written all over it: every aspect of the thing, except its size, is quite "normal."

Comments

Re: ginormous plant

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Gunnera it certainly seems to be, though reading further I think it is tinctoria most likely, as manicata is even bigger.

I knew I'd get the answer if I asked!