Typical seed count of Amorphophallus titanum

From: Jack Honeycutt jhoneycutt at uswest.net> on 2000.07.04 at 04:35:25(4976) The current issue of Hobby Greenhouse Magazine (http://www.orbitworld.net/hga/) has an article called "Famous Blooms Reveal the Fruits of Their Labor". It talks about self pollination of A. titanum at Huntington Botanical Gardens. The article did not say how many seeds were produced from this self pollination. But it did say that two blooms at Shelby (not selfed) produced 220 "bright orange berries" which I assume will produce about 220 or so fertile seeds. When two flowers mature at about the same time in the wild, about how many seeds are produced? +More When one is lucky enough to have two flowers bloom about the same time in a botanical garden, what are typical seed counts? I assume that A. titanum can reproduce by tubers? That is to say, could I divide a plant's tubers and send them to friends so they could start a plant? Generally speaking, about what is the time frame from seed to flower for A. titanum? Would a plant started from seed, flower any sooner than a plant started from a tuber? Thank you for putting up with my many questions. As money permits, I hope to buy more back issues of Aroideana and answer many of the above questions myself. jack in Portland Oregon

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