Accession Data

Amorphophallus bulbifer

Common Name: Voodoo Lily

Family: Araceae

Country of Origin: S. & NE. India, Himalaya to Myanmar

Description: One of a handful of bulbiferous aroids, in this case producing bulbils in the axil of the leaf. It is also apomictic, in that the flowers do not require fertilization to set seed and offspring from these seed are clones of the parent.

Accession Data

Accession #: 199800159

Accession Date: 1998-10-20 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3106

Quantity: 4

Source: Kevin Martyn - Aroid-L

Culture: A.bulbifer definitely dislikes low humidity - the leaflets may partially desiccate; this seems to be more pronounced in low light. Also, in low light, the leafes become exceptionally dark green, with nicely contrasting pink margins. Such plants have to be moved to brighter light very gradually. In bright light, the leaves are bright green, with pinkish margins less pronounced.

Corm can be stored dry.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Alismatales

Family: Araceae

SubFamily: Aroideae

Tribe: Thomsonieae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 03, 2017.
  2. WCSP (2017). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 03, 2017.
  3. Amorphophallus bulbifer at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 03, 2017.

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