Amorphophallus characteristics

From: StroWi at t-online.de (StroWi) on 2001.11.13 at 04:20:34(7812) Aroiders, I am interested in Amorphophallus spec. with the combination of the following charateristics: +More 1) high ornamental value (mainly) of the leaf (yes, I know: to ANY aroider EVERY Amorph. has a high ornamental value ;-)) (yes, I know, too, that mainly florescences are of interest to an aroider; but I would like to enjoy the look of the plant in its vegetative phase as well; and aren't some of them rather boring in the vegatative state??? (:o) Lord P., foregive my basphemy against your beloved (plant) children.... ) 2) no or poor offset growth 3) rare or poor or low seeds set O.K., to me A. titanum may meet these points. A. atrovirides seems to have a very nice leaf, but does it grow offsets readily? A. pendulus seems to have a very nice patterning of the leaf, too, at least after the pictures in the species list of aroid.org. Somewhere else I saw a picture of A. pendulus with a pale green leaf. Is there such a variation in the leaf patterning in A. pendulus? It's hard to find pictures of many of the Amorph. spec., so I thought I could get some opinions from you. (And even the pictures I found don't tell about the offsets.....) Looking forward to any comment, Bernhard. Dollbergen, Germany approx. zone 6/7

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