Amorphophallus stipitatus

From: magrysbo at shu.edu on 2002.07.18 at 22:53:16(9116) This species came to me as Kaichen 1999 A-102. On Chen Yi's web site, the flower sort of looks like konjac, but smaller and perhaps taken at a distance. Not having bloomed for me yet, the 3 foot parasols look like the konjacs I am also growing. Anyone have a positive i.d., vegatative key? I sent out offsets to others of one big mama I dug up last fall (its one single parasol is now over 3 feet high and wide, blocking the walkway at the side of the house), but the other tuber seemed perfectly hardy here in NewJersey and is a big jumble of parasols in its narrow bed. When is/are our group(s) supposed to set up a trading post bulletin board? If grant money holds out for my boss here, and I'm still on-line in the fall, I can be reached privately at magrysbo@shu.edu. Bonaventure Magrys

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