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| An adult blooming plant. The leaf blades are 50-60 cm long. |
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| These dark "dots" on the abaxial surface of the leaves are one of the distinguishing features of the section Porphyrochitonium. |
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| Opening of an inflorescence. |
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Drops appearing on the stigmata indicate the female anthesis, they are ready to receive pollen.
Flowers in the Araceae family are protogynous. |
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| The whole spadix consists of fertile flowers. |
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| A few days after the male anthesis begins, the stamens appear and produce pollen. |
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Pollinated inflorescences thicken and become green.
The spathe remains green until the fruits are ripe. | Non-pollinated ones become yellow and wither. |
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| The ripening fruits gradually become red, the infructescence still increases its size. |
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| The seeds are mature, it's harvest time - the spathe becomes yellow. |
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| The "naked" spadix after removing the fruits. |
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| There are up to 4 seeds in each fruit. | Seeds collected from one infructescence and immediately sown. |
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| They germinate after about 2 weeks. |
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3-4 weeks later the first leaves appear.
Photos in this page (unless specified otherwise) © Marek Argent. |
