Anchomanes difformis (Anchomanes) - Image 7
Botanical names: Anchomanes difformis, Amorphophallus difformis
Common name: Anchomanes
Family: Araceae
Origin: Tropical Africa
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This is a very rare species in cultivation, and likely a one time offering.
These unusual plants grow from a thick, slowly growing tuber, often branching, which creeps horizontally just below the soil surface. Horizontal tuber can measure up to 30" long by 10" across, the plant produces one huge, much-divided leaf with a stout prickly stem. The compound leaves are up to 30 inches tall and are supported on slender spotted stems with very rose-like thorns. The fascinating leaves are an enlogated bi-lobed bat shape, often with fenestrations (window holes).
Most unusual aroid, distantly related to Amorphophallus. Originated from an ethnobotanist in the jungles of Benin, along the west coast of Africa. The indigenous people there use the species for a variety of medicinal properties.
Recommended Fertilizer: SUNSHINE Robusta - Rapid Growth Booster
These unusual plants grow from a thick, slowly growing tuber, often branching, which creeps horizontally just below the soil surface. Horizontal tuber can measure up to 30" long by 10" across, the plant produces one huge, much-divided leaf with a stout prickly stem. The compound leaves are up to 30 inches tall and are supported on slender spotted stems with very rose-like thorns. The fascinating leaves are an enlogated bi-lobed bat shape, often with fenestrations (window holes).
Most unusual aroid, distantly related to Amorphophallus. Originated from an ethnobotanist in the jungles of Benin, along the west coast of Africa. The indigenous people there use the species for a variety of medicinal properties.
Recommended Fertilizer: SUNSHINE Robusta - Rapid Growth Booster
Grown in
4-6" pot, small plant