Black Bat Flower - Tacca Chantrieri - Exotic Chinese Bulb Seeds - Devil Flower Beetroot The flowers are positioned in

The flowers are positioned in the cladode fascicles

but it is also a very variable taxon in which a number of variety and forms has been described

They grow from rounded

Has green fat tubercles with white margins and yellow flowers in autumn

It is native to the Cape region of South Africa

Black Bat Flower - Tacca Chantrieri - Exotic Chinese Bulb Seeds - Devil Flower Beetroot The flowers are positioned inThe Black bat flower, Tacca chantrieri, is a species of flowering plant in the yam family Dioscoreaceae. Tacca chantrieri is an unusual species in that it has black flowers. These flowers are somewhat bat shaped, are up to 12 inches across, and have long 'whiskers' that can grow up to 28 inches. There are different colour types, including white and brown, both retaining the whiskers of the black variety. Tacca chantrierei grow wild in the tropical