AMORPHOPHALLUS BOYCEANUS × AMORPHOPHALLUS 'JOHN TAN'

PARENTAGE:

Amorphophallus boyceanus × Amorphophallus 'John Tan'

HYBRIDIZER:

Bjorn Malkmus-Hussein; Cyrille Claudel

DESCRIPTION:

Amorphophallus boyceanus was the female parent and Amorphophallus 'John Tan' the male parent.¹ The first plant flowered after only three years with a beautiful inflorescence, but Claudel was a little disappointed that the influence of Amorphophallus titanum, passed on through 'John Tan', was limited to zero.¹

NOTES:

1. Bjorn Malkmus-Hussein: Amorphophallus boyceanus (ovule) × A. 'John Tan' (pollen).²

2. Cyrille Claudel: Amorphophallus boyceanus (ovule) × Amorphophallus 'John Tan' (pollen), fresh pollen; reported 2013.³

STORY:

STORY TITLE: The first hybrid involving three Amorphophallus species

Claudel presented this as the first Amorphophallus hybrid involving three species.¹ He saw it as showing that Amorphophallus hybrids can be fertile and that the traits of the species involved can be mixed in different combinations.¹

REFERENCES:

1. Cyrille Claudel, Amorphophallus Hybrids Network: boyceanus x 'John Tan' (archived June 2017)

2. Facebook post by Bjorn Malkmus-Hussein

3. Claudel, C., A. Galloway & R. Mangelsdorff. 2013. Hybridization of Amorphophallus – state of affairs. Aroideana 36: 114–122.

Photos by Alan Galloway

Photo by Bjorn Malkmus-Hussein (Facebook)

Photos by Bjørn Malkmus-Hussein