Typhonium blumei

Blume's Typhonium, Lesser Yam

Message of the Flower

Gossip

The Mother’s Comment

Dark and pointed, this is a flower that wounds more than it charms.

Spiritual Message by the Mother/ Quotes by Sri Aurobindo

The Mother's warning to you against the undesirability of too much talk, loose chat and gossip, social self-dispersion was entirely meant and stands; when you indulge in these things, you throw yourself out into a very small and ignorant consciousness in which your vital defects get free play and this is likely to bring you out of what you have developed in your inner consciousness.

Sri Aurobindo, The Mother with Letters on The Mother: The Mother's Way of Dealing with Sadhaks

I have had the experience myself that one can be fully concentrated and be in union with the Divine even while working physically with one's hands; but naturally this asks for a little practice, and for this the most important thing to avoid is useless talking. It is not work but useless talk which takes us away from the Divine.

The Mother, Some Answers from the Mother: Letters to a Young Sadhak - VI

Colour

Green, brown, deep maroon, pink

Family

Araceae

Cultivars

Not widely cultivated for varieties

Person who named the flower

Heinrich Wilhelm Schott

Flower Size

Small

Flower Texture

Smooth, waxy

Number of Petals

Not applicable

Floral Symmetry

Symmetrical

Fragrance of Flower

Distinct, often unpleasant

Leaf Texture

Glossy and smooth

Leaf Arrangement

Spiral

Leaf Color

Green, lighter veins

Structural Variation (Shrub or Tree)

Herbaceous

Life Cycle

Perennial

Blooming Period

Late summer to early autumn

Climate

Tropical and subtropical

Water Requirements

Moderate

Soil Type

Loamy, rich

Temperature Ranges

Warm

Sun or Shade

Partial shade

Susceptibility to Insects and Diseases

Resistant, watch for aphids

Pollinators

Flies

Habitat

Understory of forests, damp shaded areas

Role in the Ecosystem

Food for insects, traditional medicine

Quotations

Not commonly quoted

Ornamental

Rarely due to smell

Uses in Other Aspects of Life

Primarily medicinal

Endangered Status

Not listed as endangered