AMORPHOPHALLUS LONGICONNECTIVUS × AMORPHOPHALLUS SCHMIDTIAE

Hybrid

PARENTAGE:

Amorphophallus longiconnectivus × Amorphophallus schmidtiae

HYBRIDIZER:

Alan Galloway

DESCRIPTION:

The only flowering of this cross on record was not a hybrid. A plant that Steve Jackson raised from Alan Galloway's seed of this cross flowered as pure Amorphophallus longiconnectivus, as Pascal Bruggeman pointed out, and Jackson published the correction in January 2023.¹ Amorphophallus longiconnectivus can set seed without pollination (apomixis), which is the likely explanation, so seedlings from this cross may be the seed parent alone rather than hybrids. Alan Galloway's photographs show the seedlings in October 2018, before any had flowered.

NOTES:

1. Alan Galloway: Amorphophallus longiconnectivus (ovule) × Amorphophallus schmidtiae (pollen), frozen pollen, doubtful; reported 2020.²

REFERENCES:

1. Steve Jackson, post in the Amorphophallus Facebook group, 1 January 2023

2. Claudel C. 2020. Chapter “Hybrids" pages 80–97. In: Konjac Glucomannan Production, Processing, and Functional Applications Edited by George Srzednicki, Chaleeda Borompichaichartkul. CRC Press

Photos by Alan Galloway

Photos by Steve Jackson

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