Taccas are sometimes referred to as "Bat Plants" due to the appearance of the blooms. Taccas are interesting, evergreen, perennial and herbaceous plants that grow wild in many tropical climates. They can be grown in humid, tropical greenhouses. Taccas have creeping rhizomes or rootstocks and large, oval, crinkly foliage. The dark purplish-brown flowers are produced in bunches atop long thick stems 18 to 24 inches high. Long whiskers are suspended from the strange looking blooms.

Growing Taccas from seed is not easy. Once the seed pods emerge from the bloom the tiny seeds inside are not ready for 8 -12 months. Once the seeds are sowed they can take from 8 to 24 months to germinate.

TACCAS IN OUR COLLECTION

• Tacca chantrieri (Black Bat Plant)
• Tacca integrifolia (Tacca nivea - White Bat Plant)
• Tacca leontopetaloides (Tacca pinnatifida)



Bloom on our Tacca integrifolia