AMORPHOPHALLUS ONGSAKULII × AMORPHOPHALLUS MYOSUROIDES

PARENTAGE:

Amorphophallus ongsakulii × Amorphophallus myosuroides

HYBRIDIZER:

Cyrille Claudel; Alan Galloway

DESCRIPTION:

The cross joins two dwarf species, and Claudel was pleased with the single surviving seedling, which went on to flower.¹

NOTES:

1. Named selections from this cross: 'Le petit Prince'.

2. Cyrille Claudel: Amorphophallus ongsakulii (ovule) × Amorphophallus myosuroides (pollen), fresh pollen; reported 2014.²

3. Alan Galloway: Amorphophallus ongsakulii (ovule) × Amorphophallus myosuroides (pollen), fresh pollen; reported 2020.³

4. Alan Galloway: Amorphophallus ongsakulii (ovule) × Amorphophallus myosuroides 'Silver Center' (pollen); one seedling named Amorphophallus 'Le petit Prince'.⁴ AGA-2557

5. Reported in the Amorphophallus Facebook group: Alan Galloway's photographs of the dissected inflorescences of both parents and the hybrid, a cross by Cyrille Claudel, in June 2016.⁵

STORY:

STORY TITLE: Many attempts for a single survivor

Many attempts were needed before Amorphophallus ongsakulii could be crossed with Amorphophallus myosuroides.¹ Only a very few seedlings resulted and only one survived, but it looked great to Claudel, and the page was updated when it flowered.¹

REFERENCES:

1. Cyrille Claudel, Amorphophallus Hybrids Network: ongsakulii x myosuroides (archived June 2017)

2. Claudel, C. & R. Mangelsdorff. 2014. Hybridization of Amorphophallus — State of the Unions. Aroideana 37: 72–80

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

4. Alan Galloway Botanicals: Amorphophallus 'Le petit Prince'

5. Alan Galloway, post in the Amorphophallus Facebook group, 26 June 2016

Photos by Alan Galloway