AMORPHOPHALLUS DECUS-SILVAE × AMORPHOPHALLUS VARIABILIS
PARENTAGE:
Amorphophallus decus-silvae × Amorphophallus variabilis
HYBRIDIZER:
Steve Jackson
DESCRIPTION:
Steve Jackson made the cross in both directions, and Claudel noted the very beautiful petioles of the seedlings.² When the first inflorescences opened, he called them magnificent.¹ Plant Delights describes Amorphophallus decus-silvae as having a large inflorescence like that of Amorphophallus titanum and Amorphophallus variabilis as having a smaller one with a white spathe.³
HYBRIDS:
Amorphophallus galbra × (Amorphophallus decus-silvae × Amorphophallus variabilis)
Amorphophallus hewittii × (Amorphophallus decus-silvae × Amorphophallus variabilis)
NOTES:
1. Steve Jackson: Amorphophallus decus-silvae (ovule) × Amorphophallus variabilis (pollen), frozen pollen; reported 2014.⁴
2. Steve Jackson: Amorphophallus variabilis (ovule) × Amorphophallus decus-silvae (pollen), frozen pollen; reported 2014.⁴
3. Reported in the Amorphophallus Facebook group: Steve Jackson's F1 plants, from seed distributed in the United States by Alan Galloway, flowering in February 2024.⁵
STORY:
STORY TITLE: Offered before the first flower
In its listing, first published October 5th, 2016, Plant Delights offered a limited number of plants from this rare cross by Steve Jackson, noting that each clone is unique and that nobody yet knew what the flowers would look like.³
REFERENCES:
1. Cyrille Claudel, Amorphophallus Hybrids Network: decus-silvae x variabilis (archived June 2017)
2. Cyrille Claudel, Amorphophallus Hybrids Network: variabilis x decus-silvae (archived June 2017)
3. Plant Delights Nursery: Amorphophallus decus silvae variabilis
4. Claudel, C. & R. Mangelsdorff. 2014. Hybridization of Amorphophallus — State of the Unions. Aroideana 37: 72–80
5. Steve Jackson, post in the Amorphophallus Facebook group, 2 February 2024
Photos by Alan Galloway
Photos by Alan Galloway
Photos by Plant Delights Nursery
Photos by Steve Jackson