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  "white" konjac flower?
From: "StroWi at t-online.de" <StroWi at t-online.de> on 2018.03.27 at 20:25:37(23820)

Aroiders,

will a konjac flower developing in dark room (windowless cellar) lack anthocyanin and apear more or less "white"?

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From: Emily Colletti <Emily.Colletti at mobot.org> on 2018.03.27 at 20:54:08(23821)
I have seen it happen to several other species of Amorphophallus and related tuber genera in the Araceae family. In fact I have observed one coloring up when
brought into the green house that hasn’t opened yet.

Emily Colletti Horticulturist Research/Aroid collections Missouri Botanical Garden 4344 Shaw Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63110 314-577-9527

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From: "StroWi at t-online.de" <StroWi at t-online.de> on 2018.03.27 at 21:23:58(23822)

Thanks Emily for your feedback and confirmation!

I'll foreward that to my fellow aroider....

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