Amorphophallus sp. nov. (publ. in prep.)

Earliest I remember getting this tuber was way back July 2006. I didn't have a flower yet, it was just a unique petiole pattern (right) that differentiated it. Of course at that time, nobody can ID it, there wasn't even any interest about the picture cause it was just a petiole.

Then exactly on April 29, 2007 (also my birthday) I had my first inflorescense. A photo shoot took place.

Sent these pictures to W. Hetterscheid. It is an undescribed specie but this is not a new discovery, but a rediscovery.

There was a specimen collected years ago, but before it made it to publication, it was eaten by insect/s. That was the story.

After this incident, I had 2 more to bloom which i failed to pollinate due to a sleepy head.

June 28, 2007	July 12, 2007

Now the first bloom I had is in its final resting place. Name and locality will be suspense.

I have propagated some via offsets. There are only a few of these known to man - 3 flowering tubers and its offsets and all of them are in my garden.