That is a really neat plant to watch Jim. Are the leaves still similar in appearance to the second picture? They looked like they where made out of plastic, interesting to say the least.

Can't wait for the space shots!

Bill

Your picture series gives me the sensation of shrinking in size while standing in the garden. Like in Land of the Giants (dating myself...).

Anyway, very nice. I like the variety you have.

Thanks Bill & Jack-
The leaves are still rubbery.

It's funny,when you look at the picture that bottle looks like the kind you get from a soda machine,
if you think of it that way and then realize that it is a 2 liter bottle,you really get an idea of the scale/
massive size of this plant,more fun to watch grow then anything in the yard -for sure!

I need to get a picture of that new leaf unfurling,it's almost as big as the last one already!

Here's the latest(7-12-10)picture of the Thai giant

I also posted it up there^with the other pictures for easy comparison 😀

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...........and some EE's that are dang near 6'
! never seen them grow so big!

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I'll get a new pic of the T-giant soon,it is sending up a flower stalk now,
I will probably remove it if I find out it will not produce seed but I want to see it first!

Very nice. I'll try one next year and we can have a race. --Erik

I'm up for the race too, I'll even send the control plants 😀

Bill

Control this Be-otch 😉

Just kidding ya mon-here's a pic from 7-31-10

I need to get one with the bloom stalk on it and showing the new leaf........

Sounds like a good race Bill your great soil and touch against
"my tropical warmth" 😯

7-31-10/new leaf a touch over 4'

This will be fun! Hopefully we can get others on here in on the game, I'll order a ton of them if people are into it. That will be a fun post for everyone to follow 😀

Everyone who wants to participate post one here.

Bill

Here's a picture of it today(8-6-10)

first is the bloom stalk

With new leaf-

What a monster! 😯 😀

Bill,
I'm in. I think I have soil that is hard to top (think horses, chickens...); it is just whether I can water enough for this heat. --Erik

Cool Erik!

I'm sure your soils really good, it better be right! It's pretty good here too though, I think this was farm land over 100 years ago. I have two feet of solid loam and pure beach sand for 8 more feet after that, then it's rock. When I dig there are no rocks to speak of either.

Bill

Oh yeah Jim,

I just noticed some monster blooms coming out of my calidora yesterday too. I'm not going to cut them off I don't think.

Bill