The Neverending Wonder of Nature

An unfurling Amorphophallus atroviridis. The single leaf emerging each spring from a dormant corm will have blue and pink tones. My all-time favorite amorphophallus.

I'm not a photographer, but I wish I could have captured this without the ugly pot. Maybe it can be Photoshopped. There's only one day in the entire year that this could be shot. Fortunately it wasn't raining. By the next day the leaf had already opened out a lot, so the shot wouldn't be nearly as dramatic and graceful. The tubers of this species tend to rot easily, too, so I may never get another chance to shoot it. Not that many people grow it, or even know it exists.