Anchomanes

submitted by Marek Argent, on August 3, 2007
I got one seed in 2004. It was a juvenile plant
I'd like to know the name of this species.
I got it as A. giganteus but does such name exist?

2004

The seed didn't put any leaf in 2004. The grid is 0.5 cm.

2005

It germinated in May 2005	The first leaf was about 6 cm (2.5'') long

2006

The underground part after the first season.	The leaf was a little larger but still not divided.

2007

The first tripartite leaf it put in May 2007.
My lovely kitty ate the first leaf, so the plant produced a second one in the middle of July. It was 24 cm (~10'') tall and 15 cm (6 '') long.
The center of the leaf.	The petiole.

2008

The tuber was 2 cm in diameter (2008-02-24)	It started to grow on 2008-04-15
2008-04-20	2008-04-22
2008-04-24	2008-05-02
2008-05-02 - the leaf was still unfolding.
2008-05-25. The leaf fully unfolded. It was 38 cm tall.
Details of the leaf.
The dead (dried) tuber in winter of 2009, it was 35 mm in diameter.

My plant died in 2009, below there are additional photos of a plant grown from the same seeds, which also died without blooming. Photos below © Bartosz Zalewski

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