AMORPHOPHALLUS LACOURII 'HOT NIGHT SPOT'

Cultivar

ORIGIN:

Picked up by Plant Delights Nursery at Chatuchak Flower Market, Bangkok, in 2005; introduced in 2021 by Plant Delights/Juniper Level Botanic Garden

CULTIVAR DESCRIPTION:

A selection of the tropical Amorphophallus lacourii with 20-inch black-speckled stalks and wide green leaves bearing the largest and most abundant yellow spots Plant Delights has seen on any Amorphophallus.¹ The small white cup-like inflorescence emerges alongside the foliage.¹

NOTES:

1. Plant Delights also lists the plant as Pseudodracontium lacourii.¹

REFERENCES:

1. Plant Delights Nursery: Amorphophallus lacourii 'Hot Night Spot'

2. Juniper Level Botanic Garden: Our introductions

Photos by Plant Delights Nursery

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