Amorphophallus Resting Table by Marco Motta

SPECIES OFFSETS SOIL Pot DORMANCY Frost DISTRIBUTION

STORAGE resistant
A. aberrans Hett.     Deep pot     Central Thailand
A. abyssinicus (Rich.) N.E. in soil rich Standard store dry   Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Tanzania,
Br. Zambia, Zimbabwe and Zaire
A. albispathus Hett. branched heavy Deep pot store dry   Central Thailand
A. albus Liu & Wei in soil rich Standard store dry YES China [Yunnan]
A. amygdaloides Hett. &           Central Thailand
M. Sizemore
A. andranogidroensis in soil well draining/Calcareous? Standard     Madagascar
Hett. & Mangelsdorff
A. angolensis (Welw. ex in soil well draining Standard store in soil   Angola, Gabon, Zaire
Schott) N.E. Br.
A. angulatus Hett. & A. foliar peaty, well draining   store in soil   Malasia, Sarawak
Vogel
A. angustispathus Hett.     Deep pot     Myanmar
A. ankarana Hett. in soil heavy soil Standard store dry   Madagascar, Ankarana Massif
A. annulifer Hett. none average soil   world-wide   Indonesia, Western Java, Mt. Karang, Lengkong
not in culture area
A. antsingyensis Bogner, in soil rich, well draining soil Standard store dry   Madagascar
Hett. & Ittenb.
A. aphyllus (Hook.) Hutch. in soil heavy soil Standard store dry   Senegal, Guinee Bissau, Sierra Leone, ?Gambia
A. arnautovii Het., syn. of forms chain average soil   does not rest   Vietnam, Southern China (Yunnan)
A. coaetaneus Liu & Wei
A. asper Engl.       world-wide   Sumatra
not in culture
A. asterostigmatus Bogn. in soil rich Deep pot store dry   Thailand, Lop Buri
& Hett.
A. atroviridis Hett. none heavy   store dry   Thailand, Khao Phaeng
A. atrorubens Hett. & M.     Deep pot     Central Thailand
Sizemore
A. bangkokensis Gagn.     Large for store in soil   C. Thailand
offset
A. barthlottii Ittenb. & ?none     store in soil   Ivory Coast, Liberia
Lobin
A. baumannii (Engl.) N.E.       store in soil   NE Br. (Ghana, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Togo)
Br.
A. beccarii Engl. foliar well draining   store in soil   Indonesia, northern and western Sumatra
A. becqaertii ?foliar well draining   store in soil   Zaire
DeWildeman
A. bonaccordensis           SW India
Sivadasan, Mohanan &
Rajkumar
A. borneensis (Engl.) Engl.   medium to heavy Standard store in soil   Indonesia, South Kalimantan
& Gehrm.
A. boyceanus Hett.       store in soil   S Peninsular Thailand
A. brachyphyllus Hett. side shoots well draining Standard store in soil   West Malaysia (Sarawak)
A. brevispathus Gagn.     Large for     Central Thailand
offset
A. bufo Ridl. foliar well draining   store in soil   West Malaysia , Pahang, Hohore, and Selangor
states
A. bulbifer (Roxb.) Bl. foliar any soil Standard store dry YES northern and eastern India, Bangladesh, Bhutan
and Nepal
A. calabaricus N.E. Br.           Nigeria, Cameroon
A. canaliculatus Ittenb., none loose, well draining   store in soil   Gabon
Hett. & Lobin
A. carneus Ridl. in soil fertile soil Large for store dry   Norther states of West Malaysia, Peninsular
offset Thailand
A. chlorospathus Kurz ex       world-wide   Myanmar
Hook. not in culture
A. cicatricifer Hett. in soil heavy, loamy soil Large for store dry   Thailand, Kanchanaburi Province
offset
A. cirrifer Stapf   loamy soil Deep pot store dry   Central Thailand
A. coaetaneus Liu & Wei forms chain well draining Large for store in soil Under test South China
offset
A. commutatus (Schott) in soil average, fertile   store in soil   Southwestern India
Engl.
A. consimilis Bl.     Standard     West Tropical Africa
A. corrugatus N.E. Br. in soil fertile, well draining Standard store dry   Northern Thailand, Northern Burma
A. costatus Hett.   loose, fertile   store in soil   Indonesia, South Kalimantan
A. coudercii (Bogn.) Bogn. branched heavy soil with loam Deep pot store dry   Laos, Central Vietnam
A. croatii Hett. & A. none   Standard store in soil   Laos, Bolikhamxay & Khammouane provinces
Galloway
A. cruddasianus Prain ex none   Deep pot     Northern Thailand, Myanmar, Laos
Engl.
A. curvistylis Hett. in soil heavy soil with loam       Thailand, Kanchanaburi Province
A. dactylifer Hett. in soil   Standard store in soil   Philippines
A. declinatus Hett.           Philippines, Palawan Island
A. decus-silvae Backer & none well draining Standard store in soil   Indonesia, Java (western)
Alderw.
A. discophorus Backer &     Standard store in soil   Indonesia, Java
Alderw.
A. doryphorus = synonym           NE Br., Benin, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria,
of A. consimilis Bl. Togo, Cen. African Rep.
A. dracontioides (Engl.) in soil any soil Standard store dry   Benin, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Togo,
N.E. Br. Central African Republic
A. dunnii Tutch.   heavier, well draining Deep pot store in soil Under test South east China
A. dzuii Hett.     Deep pot store in soil   Nothern Vietnam
A. eburneus Bogn. none well draining   store in soil   East Malaysia, Sarawak
A. echinatus Bogn. &       world-wide   Eastern Thailand
Mayo not in culture
A. eichleri (Engl.) Hook. f. in soil well drained, organic   store in soil   Zaire, ?Angola
A. elatus Ridl. none any soil Deep pot store dry   Peninsular Thailand and northern Malaysia
A. elegans Ridl. none fertile, well draining Standard store in soil   Peninsular Thailand and northern Malaysia
A. elliottii Hook. f.           Sierra Leone
A. erubescens Hett.,   heavy, loam rich   world-wide   Thailand, Kanchanaburi Prov.
synonym of A. muelleri not in culture
Bl.
A. erythrorrhachis Hett., Unknown   Standard     Madagascar
O. Pronk & R. Kaufmann
A. excentricus Hett. in soil fertile soil Standard store in soil   Peninsular Thailand
(is also quite
drought resistant)
A. forbesii Engl.       world-wide   Indonesia, Sumatra
not in culture
A. fuscus Hett. in soil         Northrn Thailand
A. galbra F.M. Bail.   loose, well draining   store in soil   Northern Australia and Papua New Guinea
A. gallaensis (Engl.) N.E.    Store in soil Standard Now in culture   Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya
Br.
A. gallowayi Hett. none   Standard     Laos
A. gigas Teijsm. & none fertile, well draining Standard store in soil   Indonesia, Sumatra
Binnend.
A. glaucophyllus Hett. & ?   Standard     Thailand
Serebr.
A. gliruroides Engl.       world-wide   Myanmar
not in culture
A. glossophyllus Hett. branched fertile soil maybe loam Deep pot store in soil   Central and northern Vietnam
(is also quite
drought resistant)
A. goetzei (Engl.) N.E. Br.           Tanzania, Mozambique
A. gomboczianus Pic. none well draining, loamless   world-wide   Ethiopia
Serm. store in soil not in culture
A. gracilior Hutch.       world-wide   Nigeria
not in culture
A. gracilis Engl.       world-wide   Indonesia, Sumatra
not in culture
A. haematospadix Hook. in soil heavy soil   store dry   Northern parts of West Malaysia, southern
f. Thailand and possibly Sumatra
A. harmandii Engl. &           Cambodia
Gehrm.
A. hayi Hett. branched well draining Deep pot store in soil   North Vietnam, China (Yunnan)
A. henryi N.E. Br. in soil fertile, loamy soil Standard store dry Under test Taiwan
A. hetterscheidii Ittenb. & in soil rich Standard store in soil   Gabon, Zaire, Central African Republic
Lobin
A. hewittii Alderw. none rich, well draining soil Standard store in soil   Kalimantan
Limestone
A. hildebrandtii (Engl.) in soil rich   store dry   Madagascar
Engl. & Gehrm.
A. hirsutus Teijsm. and none well draining Standard store in soil   Western Sumatra
Binn. & Binnend.
A. hirtus N.E. Br. in soil rich   store dry   Taiwan
A. hohenackeri (Schott) in soil rich Large for store dry   Southern India
Engl. & Gehrm. offset store offsets in soil
A. hottae Bogn. & Hett. Foliar   Standard store in soil   Eastern Malaysia Sabah
A. impressus Ittenb.           Tanzania, Malawi
A. incurvatus Alderw. ,       world-wide   Sumatra
synonym of A. beccarii not in culture
Engl.
A. infundibuliformis Hett.,   loose, well draining Standard store in soil   East Malaysia Sarawak
Dearden & A. Vogel
A. interruptus Engl. &     Deep pot store in soil   Northern Vietnam
Gehrm. (is also quite
drought resistant)
A. johnsonii N.E. Br. in soil well draining Standard     Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea,
Liberia, Mali
A. josefbogneri Hett. in soil         Thailand
A. julaihii Ipor, Tawan &       store in soil   Sarawak
P.C. Boyce
A. kachinensis Engl. & in soil   Standard store dry   N. Thailand, Laos, China [Yunnan]
Gehrm.
A. Kalabenono            
A. kiusianus (makino) none fertile soil Standard in soil and cold –   S.E. China, Taiwan, southern Japan
Makino 15 or 16 degrees C.
A. konjac K. Koch in soil any fertile soil Large for store dry YES Southern and southeasten China, Vietnam Sabah
offset
A. konkanensis Hett., in soil fertile soil Standard store dry   India, southern Maharashtra State
Yadav & Patil
A. koratensis Gagn. in soil rich soil added loam Large for store in soil   central and eastern Thailand
offset (when young)
A. krausei Engl. in soil rich soil added loam Large for store dry   Nothern Thailand, northern Myanmar, southern
offset China
A. lambii Mayo & Widj. none loose, fertile   store in soil   East Malaysia, Sabah: Indonesia, Central
Kalimantan
A. lanuginosus Hett.     Deep pot     Central Vietnam
A. laoticus Hett. none   Deep pot     Laos
A. lewallei Malaisse & in soil rich, loamy soil Standard store dry   Burundi
Bamps
A. linearis Gagn.     Deep pot store in soil   Central and Western Thailand
A. linguiformis Hett.       world-wide   Indonesia (NE Kalimanton)
not in culture
A. longicomus Hett. & M.           Central India
Serebryanyi
A. longiconnectivus Bogn.           Vietnam
A. longispathaceus Engl.       world-wide   Philippines
& Gehrm. not in culture
A. longistylus Kurz ex           India (Andaman Islands)
Hook. f.
A. longituberosus (Engl.) none rich, loamy soil Deep pot store dry   Thailand, northern West Malaysia
Engl. & Gehrm. ***careful - may rot
A. lunatus Hett. & M. rare   Deep pot store dry   Thailand
Sizemore branching
A. luzoniensis Merr.       world-wide   Philippines
not in culture
A. lyratus Kunth.       world-wide   SE. India
not in culture
A. macrorhizus Craib may branch rich with added loam Deep pot dry?   Northern Thailand
A. mangelsdorffii Bogn.   well draining   store dry   Mahajanga, Madagascar
A. manta Hett. & Ittenb. none well draining, rich soil   store in soil   Indonesa, Western Sumatra [Harau Valley]
A. margaritifer (Roxb.)     Standard     Northeastern India, Nepal
Kunth
A. margretii Ittenb.       world-wide   Zaire
not in culture
A. maximus (Engl.) N.E. in soil rich Standard store dry   Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Somalia
Br.
A. maxwellii Hett. in soil rich with added loam Large for store dry   Thailand, Kanchanaburi Province
offset
A. mayoi       world-wide   Kenya, Uganda, Zaire
not in culture
A. mekongensis Engl. &           Vietnam
Gehrm.
A. mellii Engl., synonym       world-wide   southeastern China
of A. dunnii Tutch. not in culture
A. merrillii Krause       world-wide   Philippines
not in culture
A. mildbraedii Krause       world-wide   Cameroon
not in culture
A. minor Ridl.       world-wide   West Malaysia
not in culture
A. mossambicensis     Standard     Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia
(Schott ex Garcke) N.E.
Br.
A. muelleri Bl. foliar well draining, rich soil Standard store dry   W. Thailand, India [Andaman Islands], Indonesia
[Sumatra]
A. mullendersii Malaisse       world-wide   Zaire, Angola
& Bamps not in culture
A. myosuroides Hett. & A. in soil     store in soil   Laos
Galloway
A. mysorensis Barnes &     Standard store in soil    
Fischer
A. nanus H. Li & C.L. Long       world-wide   China [Yunnan]
not in culture
A. napalensis (Wall.) in soil Rich Standard store dry   Bhutan, Nepal and Sikkim
Bogn. & Mayo Store dry in soil
A. napiger Gagn. none   Deep pot     Central Thailand
A. nicolsonianus Sivad.       world-wide   Southwestern India
not in culture
A. obovoideus Alderw.       world-wide   Sumatra
(Sumatra), synonym of A. not in culture
beccarii Engl.
A. obscurus Hett. & M. divides   Deep pot everwet tropical   Eastern Thailand
Sizemore easily by
itself
A. ochroleucus Hett. & in soil   Standard in soil and warm   Vietnam
V.D. Nguyen
A. odoratus Hett. & H., in soil         China: Hong Kong
synonym of A. dunnii
Tutch.
A. ongsakulii Hett. & A. in soil     store dry   Laos
Galloway
A. Operculatus in soil fertile, well draining Deep pot store dry   Thailand
A. opertus Hett. in soil rich with added loam Standard store in soil   South Vietnam
A. pachystylis Hett., syn.           western Thailand
of A. krausei Engl.
A. paeoniifolius (Dennst.) in soil fertile, well draining Standard store dry   Madagascar to Polynesia
Nicols.
A. palawanensis Bogn. & self-divides rich with added loam Standard store in soil (can   Philippines, Palawan Island
Hett. also be stored dry)
A. parvulus Gagn. branched well draining, rich soil Deep pot store dry   western, central & eastern Thailand
A. paucisectus       world-wide   Western, Central and Eastern Thailand
not in culture
A. pendulus Bogn. & none loose, well draining   store in soil   Sarawak, northwestern Kalimantan
Mayo
A. perakensis Engl.       world-wide   West Malaysia
not in culture
A. pilosus Hett.     Deep pot     Central Vietnam
A. pingbianensis H. Li &           China: Yunnan
C.L. Long synonym of A.
coaetaneus Liu & Wei
A. plicatus Bok & Lam     Standard     Indonesia (Northern Sulawesi)
A. polyanthus Hett. & M. in soil   Deep pot everwet tropical   Thailand
Sizemore
A. prainii Hook. f. slow offsets rich Standard store in soil   Southern Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, ?
E. Kalimantan
A. preussii (Engl.) N.E. Br. none well draining Standard store in soil   Cameroon
A. prolificus Hett. & A. in soil   Large for     Thailand
Galloway offset
A. pulchellus in soil          
A. purpurascens Kurz ex       world-wide   Myanmar
Hook. f. not in culture
A. pusillus Hett. & Serebr. divides well draining Deep pot everwet tropical   South Vietnam
easily by
itself
A. putii Gagn.           Central Thailand
A. pygmaeus Hett. divides average, rich soil Deep pot store dry   central Thailand
easily by
itself
A. ranchanensis Ipor,            
Tawan, Simon, Meekiong
& Fuad
A. reflexus Hett. & A. rare         Thailand
Galloway branching
A. rhizomatosus Hett.     Deep pot store in soil   Northern Vietnam, Laos
A. richardsii Ittenb.     Standard     Zambia
A. rostratus Hett.           Philippines
A. rugosus Hett. & A.     Standard store in soil   East Malaysia (Sabah)
Lamb
A. sagittarius Steen. self-divides well draining Standard store in soil   Indonesia, western Java
A. salmoneus Hett. in soil rich Standard store dry   Philippines, Palawan, Langen Island
A. saraburiensis Gagn.     Deep pot     Central Thailand
A. saururus Hett. divides by   Deep pot     Northeastern Thailand
 itself
A. scaber Serebr. & Hett. in soil fertile soil, added loam   store in soil (only   Vietnam, Laos
when young)
A. schmidtiae Hett. & A. ?   Standard     Laos
Galloway
A. scutatus Hett. & T.C. none   Deep pot     Central Thailand
Chapman
A. serrulatus Hett. & A. none   Standard everwet tropical   Thailand
Galloway
A. sinuatus none     store in soil   Vietnam
A. sizemoreae Hett.     Standard store dry   Thailand
A. smithsonianus Sivad.   rich, added loam Standard store dry   Southern India
A. sparsiflorus Hook. f. foliar well draining, loose Standard store in soil   West Malasia
A. spectabilis (Miq.) Engl.       store in soil   Indonesia (Java)
A. staudtii (Engl.) N.E. Br.       store in soil   Cameroon
A. stipitatus Engl.           Southeast China
A. stuhlmannii (Engl.)           Tanzania, Kenia
Engl. & Gehrm.
A. subcymbiformis       world-wide   Sumatra
Alderw., synonym of A. not in culture
beccarii Engl.
A. subpedatus Nguyen     Deep pot store in soil   Northern Vietnam
V.D. & Hett.
A. sumawongii (Bogn.)     Deep pot     Southeastern Thailand
Bogn.
A. swynnertonii Rendle           Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabawe, Zambia
synonym of A.
mossambicensis (Schott
ex Garcke) N.E. Br.
A. sylvaticus (Roxb.)           Southern India, Sri Lanka
Kunth
A. symonianus Hett. & M.   well draining, rich soil Standard store dry   Thailand
Sizemore
A. synandrifer Hett. &     Deep pot     Vietnam
V.D. Nguyen
A. taurostigma Ittenb. &     Standard     Madagascar
Hett.
A. tenuispadix Hett.     Deep pot     Central Thailand
A. tenuistylis Hett.     Deep pot     Central Thailand
A. teuszii (Engl.) N.E. Br.       world-wide   Zaire, Angola
not in culture
A. thaiensis S.-Y. Hu in soil   Standard     Northern Thailand
A. tinekeae Hett. & A.       store in soil   East Malaysia (Sabah)
Vogel
A. titanum (Becc.) Becc. none well draining, rich soil Standard store in soil   Indonesia [Sumatra]
ex Arcang.
A. tonkinensis Engl. & none well draining Standard store in soil   North and Central Vietnam
Gehrm.
A. tuberculatus Hett. & in soil   Standard store in soil   North Vietnam
V.D. Nguyen
A. urceolatus           Philippines
A. variabilis Bl. in soil average soil w/loam Standard store dry   Indonesia [Java]
A. venustus Hett., A. Hay none     world-wide   East Malaysia (Sabah)
& J. Mood not in culture
A. verticillatus Hett.     Large for store in soil   Northern Vietnam
offset
A. vogelianus Hett. & H. in soil   Standard     North Thailand
Billensteiner
A. xiei Li & Dao    Store in soil, not   world-wide    
completely dry now in cultivation
A. yuloensis H. Li foliar rich   store dry YES China [Yunnan]
A. yunnanensis Engl. in soil rich   store dry YES N. Thailand, Laos, China [Yunnan]
A. zengianus C.I. Long &       world-wide   China
H. Li not in culture
A. zenkeri (Engl.) N.E. Br.   rich, well draining   store in soil   Cameroon, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea