3599 Giant Bat Flower ( Tacca intergifolia )
The giant bat flower is a tropical perennial plant, Tacca chantrieri, known for its unique, dark purple to nearly black, bat-shaped blooms and long, trailing "whiskers". It is a popular ornamental plant native to the rainforests of Southeast Asia.
This specie is similar to Tacca Chantrieri. (The main botanical difference is in the slight variations in color and and size of the flower ).
The scape is gray, brown, and purple with flowers a blackish purple. The leaf blades are 2" long and 10" wide having a petiole to 6' with an oblong - linear shape and handsome purple veining throughout. Its filiferous "whiskers" hang to 14".