AMORPHOPHALLUS MYOSUROIDES 'SILVER SADDLE'

Cultivar

ORIGIN:

Silver-center leaf form of an Alan Galloway discovery of 2004 from Khammouane Province, Laos (Plant Delights' account); Juniper Level Botanic Garden's list of introductions gives 2015

CULTIVAR DESCRIPTION:

A silver-centered leaf form of Amorphophallus myosuroides, which Plant Delights says has a tiny, rapidly offsetting tuber and a light green radial leaf on a stalk about 8 inches tall.¹ The white mousetail-like inflorescence appears within weeks, and the plant re-flowers up to three times in summer.¹

NOTES:

1. An Aroid-L member sought tubers of 'Silver Saddle' in September 2019.³

REFERENCES:

1. Plant Delights Nursery: Amorphophallus myosuroides 'Silver Saddle'

2. Juniper Level Botanic Garden: Our introductions

3. Aroid-L mailing list, Henrik, September 2019

Photos by Plant Delights Nursery

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