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Accession Data:

Amorphophallus bulbifer (Roxb.) Bl.

  • Common Name: Voodoo Lily
  • Family: Araceae Juss.

  • 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.
  • 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.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199800159
  • Source: Kevin Martyn - Aroid-L
  • Accession Date: 10-20-1998
  • Bench: 3106 - EVO: Ferns & Magnoliids
    • Currently: dormant
    • Qty: 4 confirmed on 11-29-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Alismatales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Araceae
  • SubFamily: Aroideae
  • Tribe: Thomsonieae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • Plants used in EEB 2244 - General Ecology
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Assam / Bangladesh / East Himalaya / India / Nepal / Myanmar

References (external):

  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.

data regenerated on Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:30:22 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Amorphophallus bulbifer

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