AMORPHOPHALLUS GLAUCOPHYLLUS × AMORPHOPHALLUS LACOURII

Hybrid

PARENTAGE:

Amorphophallus glaucophyllus × Amorphophallus lacourii

HYBRIDIZER:

Cyrille Claudel

DESCRIPTION:

Claudel crossed Amorphophallus glaucophyllus (female), which has bluish leaves, with Amorphophallus lacourii (male), which has white-spotted leaves, to see whether the two traits could be merged.¹ The registered selection from this cross, 'Blue Nightspot', has bluish leaves spotted with white dots.²

NOTES:

1. Named selections from this cross: 'Blue Nightspot'.

2. Cyrille Claudel: Amorphophallus glaucophyllus (ovule) × Amorphophallus lacourii (pollen), fresh pollen; reported 2014.³

3. Cyrille Claudel: Amorphophallus glaucophyllus (ovule) × Amorphophallus lacourii (pollen); one seedling named Amorphophallus 'Blue Nightspot'.²

REFERENCES:

1. Cyrille Claudel, Amorphophallus Hybrids Network: glaucophyllus x lacourii (archived June 2017)

2. International Aroid Society Aroid Cultivar Registry: Amorphophallus 'Blue Nightspot'

3. Claudel, C. & R. Mangelsdorff. 2014. Hybridization of Amorphophallus — State of the Unions. Aroideana 37: 72–80

Photos by Alan Galloway

Photographs submitted to the IAS Aroid Cultivar Registry by the originator

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