LeafVibe

A couple of months ago I mentioned the growth of my newly-acquired Amorphophallus dactylifer. The great news was that it was a flower as I had suspected, but the bad news was that it never bloomed for a reason I don’t know. The only theory I have is perhaps it just didn’t have enough resources to finish the “project.”

Below is the progress over the course of December through the first week of February. I documented the growth and death of the flower, including some pictures from when I cut the spathe open to see how far it had gotten. The tuber is fine, so hopefully in a few weeks I’ll see the leaf, and try again next year or whenever it feels like trying to bloom again. At least right now I am looking forward to the blooms A.bulbifer, A.konjac, and one of my A.koratensis, the first of which (A.bulbifer) should bloom next week (I should seriously consider practicing my bloom predictions better).

The pictures are below, chronologically ordered:

Tags: amorphophallus, dactylifer

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