Sauromatum venosum

(Dryand. ex Aiton) Kunth 1841

It is also known as S. guttatum and S. pedatum. It grows wild in the Central Asia.
In horticulture it resists temperatures to -5°C. It blooms in spring without soil and watering before leafing.

The tuber with a bud is about 8 cm in diameter.	A cut-open inflorescence.

Inflorescences: On the left photo with an adult Amorphophallus konjac. On the right one it's withering after 3 days of blooming. photo (1) © Adam Pietrzykowski, Kwietnik; photo (2) © Kwietnik

Male flowers.
Female flowers and pistillodes above them.

After withering of the inflorescence the leaf emerges from cataphylls.

It's unfolding...	The palmatisect leaf has 9-13 leaflets.

This one stayed in a pot.	Venation of the leaf.

The petiole pattern.

Sauromatum venosum in my garden.

The IAS: Sauromatum venosum Krzysztof Kozminski: Sauromatum venosum Lester Kallus: Sauromatum venosum Tropicos: Sauromatum venosum
Alan Galloway: Sauromatum venosum CATE Araceae: Sauromatum venosum