Re: A. titanum ???

From: SelbyHort at aol.com on 2000.04.08 at 01:06:17(4352) I would have to dig back in the records to find out more about this name mix-up, but it was certainly not a deceptive act...I am sure that the source of the corms sincerely believed that they were Amorphophallus titanum. We have to be thankful for all the recent Amorphophallus papers and discussion that have taught us more about this genus. This kind of information was simply not available in the early 1980's. Donna Atwood Selby Gardens +More << It appears that I almost certainly have Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (at least not A. titanum). My botanist friend, source of my present plant, doesn't remember the source of her tubers. Your information concerning a S. Florida source mislabeling their corms is most interesting. I received my first two plants by mail in 1980. The instructions stated that after the plants bloomed, the corms rotted. According the instructions, the dark bumps on the bottom of the corm should be cut out, air dried, then planted to produce new plants. I did this with one of my plants and did get a couple of new ones. The other corm evidently did not read the instructions and resprouted anyway. >>

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