(AMORPHOPHALLUS DECUS-SILVAE × AMORPHOPHALLUS VARIABILIS) × (AMORPHOPHALLUS DECUS-SILVAE × AMORPHOPHALLUS VARIABILIS)

Hybrid

PARENTAGE:

(Amorphophallus decus-silvae × Amorphophallus variabilis) × (Amorphophallus decus-silvae × Amorphophallus variabilis)

HYBRIDIZER:

Craig Allen; Steve Jackson

NOTES:

1. Craig Allen: Amorphophallus decus-silvae (ovule) × Amorphophallus variabilis (pollen).¹ F2 generation

2. Steve Jackson: (Amorphophallus decus-silvae × Amorphophallus variabilis) (ovule) × (Amorphophallus decus-silvae × Amorphophallus variabilis) (pollen), refrigerated pollen; reported 2020.²

3. Reported in the Amorphophallus Facebook group: the first F2 plant to flower, much smaller than its 2 m F1 parents, in October 2020;³ F2 plants from seed distributed by David Livingston in flower in February 2024.⁴

REFERENCES:

1. Facebook post by Craig Allen

2. Claudel C. 2020. Chapter “Hybrids” pages 80–97. In: Konjac Glucomannan Production, Processing, and Functional Applications Edited by George Srzednicki, Chaleeda Borompichaichartkul. CRC Press

3. Steve Jackson, post in the Amorphophallus Facebook group, 16 October 2020

4. Steve Jackson, post in the Amorphophallus Facebook group, 2 February 2024

Photos by Alan Galloway

Photos by Craig Allen

Photos by Steve Jackson

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