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Amorphophallus operculatus

£45.00

Price per 1x tuber of Amorphophallus operculatus. Tubers are around 5cm in length.

Amorphophallus operculatus was described to science in 2003 after being discovered in Thailand. It is one of my favourite Amorphophallus purely due to the fabulous leaves – these are held on purple petiole and are a superb velvety green with a purple trim along the edges.

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Price per 1x tuber of Amorphophallus operculatus. Tubers are around 5cm in length.

Amorphophallus operculatus was described to science in 2003 after being discovered in Thailand. It is one of my favourite Amorphophallus purely due to the fabulous leaves – these are held on purple petiole and are a superb velvety green with a purple trim along the edges.

Tubers are long and slender vertical rhizomes, rather like a pale and thin carrot. These can become very long indeed and some ingenuity will be required to accommodate them in pots as they grow. Modified drain pipes have been used!

Inflorescences are white with a long cream spadix.

This is not a hugely challenging species to grow, however, tubers do seem prone to rot, so please ensure this is grown in a very free draining compost mix.

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