Re: Variegated Amorphophallus??

From: "Alan Galloway" alan_galloway at bellsouth.net> on 2000.05.28 at 01:21:56(4646) > >This is the phalloid-doctor....... Variegation MAY suddenly appear as a >mutation but the other possibility, a sickness (nutrient deficiency or a >viral infection) may also lead to variegation. I concur with Wilbert on the issue of variegation in Amorphophallus. I have one +More A. paeoniifolius that regularly has a small section of the leaf with a beautiful splashing of white vareigation. Sadly I have not been able to root the variegated section via stem cutting. Of the 4 or 5 times that I have planted A. paeoniifolius seed, there always seems to be a few variegated seedlings that also sadly don't live long enough to form a good size tuber. I've also seen variegation appear in A. prainii seelings. As for viral variegation, I have seen this once in a plant of A. paeoniifolius. And as Wilbert stated it has a rather blurred, yellowish pattern. Quite sickly looking. A fellow variegated plant collector sent me a form of A. konjac that he calls 'Aurea', but you really have to use your imagination to see the 'Aurea' in the leaves. I've been hoping to hybidize this so-called A. konjac 'Aurea' with the black stemmed form of A. konjac with the goal of getting the yellow leaf with the black stem, but so far the plants have not bloomed in synch yet. Alan

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