Fig. 2. Amorphophallus eichleri (front) and A. albispathus (back) flowering in the wet greenhouse (Photo E.G.Goncalves). Fig. 3. The Xanthosoma germplasm bank on raised beds (Photo: E.G.Goncalves). Fig. 1. A general aspect of the Horto Botanico of the Universidade Cato lica de Braslia, showing the plastic greenhouses (Photo E.G.Goncalves). Fig. 5. The rare Philonotion spruceanum flowering in cultivation (Photo: E.G.Goncalves). Fig. 6. Open spathe of the geophyte Scaphispatha robusta flowering for the first time in the Horto Botanico (Photo: E.G.Goncalves). Fig. 4. Xanthosoma aristeguietae flowering in pot (Photo: E.G.Goncalves).