AMORPHOPHALLUS KONJAC 'NIGHTSTICK'
ORIGIN:
Tom McLamb, from whom Plant Delights Nursery and Juniper Level Botanic Garden acquired a black-stalked selection in 1992; named and introduced by Plant Delights/JLBG in 1994 (Plant Delights' account)
CULTIVAR DESCRIPTION:
A selection of Amorphophallus konjac with a jet-black petiole about 3 feet tall and extremely dark green, palm-like foliage.¹ Juniper Level Botanic Garden's list of introductions gives 1994 as the year and Tom McLamb as the source.² An Aroid-L post of October 2003 describes its leaflets as more solid than the finely cut leaflets of 'Leo Song Variant'.³
HYBRIDS:
Amorphophallus 'Mary Sizemore' (Amorphophallus albus × Amorphophallus konjac 'Nightstick')
Amorphophallus 'Meister Eckardt' (Amorphophallus albus × Amorphophallus konjac 'Nightstick')
NOTES:
1. Also written 'Night Stick' in an Aroid-L request of January 2012.⁴
REFERENCES:
1. Plant Delights Nursery: Amorphophallus konjac 'Nightstick'
2. Juniper Level Botanic Garden: Our introductions
3. Aroid-L mailing list, Michael Marcotrigiano, October 2003