AMORPHOPHALLUS MACROPHYLLUS 'BLUTO'

Cultivar

ORIGIN:

Discovered in Thailand by Florida plant explorer Mary Sizemore (Plant Delights' account) and shared with Plant Delights Nursery by Alan Galloway; Juniper Level Botanic Garden's list of introductions names Alan Galloway and gives 2007

CULTIVAR DESCRIPTION:

A selection of Amorphophallus macrophyllus with dusty 2-foot stems topped by large, thick, rubbery, trifoliate, dusty blue leaves about 1 foot long and 6 inches wide.¹ Offsetting clumps carry small white spathe-and-spadix flowers just below the leaves in late summer.¹

NOTES:

1. Plant Delights sold it as Pseudodracontium 'Bluto' (AGA-014) and credits M. Sizemore, 2007, in its list of introductions.²

REFERENCES:

1. Plant Delights Nursery: Amorphophallus macrophyllus 'Bluto'

2. Plant Delights Nursery: Plant Delights Nursery introductions

3. Juniper Level Botanic Garden: Our introductions

Photos by Plant Delights Nursery

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