AMORPHOPHALLUS LEWALLEI × AMORPHOPHALLUS MAXIMUS

PARENTAGE:

Amorphophallus lewallei × Amorphophallus maximus

HYBRIDIZER:

Cyrille Claudel

DESCRIPTION:

Claudel crossed a sessile, greenish Amorphophallus lewallei, whose appendix is somewhat warty, with a dark red Amorphophallus maximus that has a long peduncle and a long, slender appendix.¹ Many seedlings are intermediate in the petioles, and some show an attractive red-lined petiole.¹ The first plant flowered in spring 2013, only two growing cycles from seed, and although the inflorescence first looked muddy to Claudel it proved a pleasant surprise, with a tuber still far from its full size.¹

NOTES:

1. Cyrille Claudel: Amorphophallus lewallei (ovule) × Amorphophallus maximus (pollen); reported 2012.²

OVULE PARENT:

Amorphophallus lewallei

POLLEN PARENT:

Amorphophallus maximus

REFERENCES:

1. Cyrille Claudel, Amorphophallus Hybrids Network: lewallei x maximus (archived June 2017)

2. Claudel, C. & A. Galloway. 2012. Hybridization of Amorphophallus – state of the art. Aroideana 35: 103–108.

Photos by Cyrille Claudel, from the Amorphophallus Hybrids Network website