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Day twenty-four.


Good and bad news: My plant is starting to flower, and I have nowhere to place it outside!



This might be the fruit of an other Amorphophallus, but it is pretty close. 


The bottom of the caudex is smooth.

Author: Karl Heinrich Emil Koch, 1858
Family:  ARACEAE
Origin:  China, Korea Philippines, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
Soil:  Peat
Water:  Maximum
Sun:  Medium
Thickness:  40 Centimetres
Height:  175 Centimetres
Flower:  Dark Red / Brown
Propagate:  Seeds/Bulbs
Names:  Leopardstilk, Corpse Flower, Devil's Tongue, Voodoo Lily, Leopard Palm, Snake Palm, Umbrella Arum
Synonyms:  Proteinophallus rivieri, Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1875.
Amorphophallus rivieri,
Dur. ex Riviere, 1869
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Amorphophallus mairei,
H.Lév.
Amorphophallus nanus,
H.Li & C.L.Long.
Amorphophallus palmiformis,
Durieu ex Rivière.
Brachyspatha konjac,
K.Koch.
Conophallus konjak,
Schott.
Conophallus konniaku,
Schott ex Fesca
Hydrosme rivierei,
Engl.
Proteinophallus rivierei,
Hook.f.
Tapeinophallus rivierei,
Baill.

This member of the Araceae family was described by Karl Heinrich Emil Koch in 1858. It is found in China, Korea Philippines, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam, growing in a rich peat with lots of water in summer. The single leaf of the plant will get 175 centimetres high, the sub-terrain bulb 40 centimetres in diameter. The extreme large flower is dark red-brown, and stinks! The plant can be reproduced both by seeds and dividing of the bulbs.

SubFamily: Aroideae, Tribe: Thomsonieae

The genera name from ancient Greek amorphos, 'without form, misshapen' and phallos, 'penis', referring to the shape of the prominent spadix. The species name may originate from the local name.

 The flowers have a significant odour of - rotting meat.

This plant has a sub-terrain bulb, and is a little out of my league, but who would turn an offer like this down. I couldn't say No to Alex.


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This is the bulb. Roots will appear on the top