Accession Data

Amorphophallus titanum

Common Name: Titan Arum - Jesse x Clive

Family: Araceae

Country of Origin: Sumatra

Description: See Accession 200500064

Accession Data

Accession #: 201200062

Accession Date: 2012-11-12 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3203

Quantity: 1

Source: Joan Leonard - Ohio State

Culture: When repotting: 2-3 inches of BK25 at the bottom of the pot. Bonemeal sprinkled on top and mixed into the media. Add more media until you almost reach the height of where you will place the corm. Very thin layer of bonemeal on top; should still be able to see media underneath...Do not mix. Thin layer of media on top of bone meal layer; just enough to keep corm from directly contacting the bone meal. Place corm and finish filling in with regular media.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Alismatales

Family: Araceae

SubFamily: Aroideae

Tribe: Thomsonieae

References

  1. Lobin, W., Neumann, M., Radscheit, M. & W. Barthlott (2007): The cultivation of Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum) – A flagship species for Botanic Gardens. Sibbaldia 5: 69-86. Last accessed on Thursday, September 08, 2016.

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