AMORPHOPHALLUS GIGAS × AMORPHOPHALLUS TITANUM

PARENTAGE:

Amorphophallus gigas × Amorphophallus titanum

HYBRIDIZER:

Bruno Antony and Rogier van Vugt

DESCRIPTION:

Bruno Antony pollinated a flowering Amorphophallus gigas with pollen of Amorphophallus titanum, at Steve Jackson's suggestion, and two months later, in May 2023, the berries had begun to develop.¹ By October 2023 the seedlings were up and very variable in colour, pattern and size; the largest resembled Amorphophallus titanum in the feel and shine of the petiole and carried many small spots.² Rogier van Vugt, with whom Antony made the cross, posted further progress in March 2024, recording it as Amorphophallus titanum × Amorphophallus gigas.³

NOTES:

1. Bruno Antony and Rogier van Vugt: Amorphophallus gigas (ovule) × Amorphophallus titanum (pollen); reported 2023.¹

REFERENCES:

1. Bruno Antony, post in the Amorphophallus Facebook group, 5 May 2023

2. Bruno Antony, post in the Amorphophallus Facebook group, 17 October 2023

3. Rogier van Vugt, post in the Amorphophallus Facebook group, 30 March 2024

Photos by Bruno Antony

Photos by Rogier van Vugt