Amorphophallus bulbifer

The voodoo lily of north-eastern India and the eastern Himalayan foothills, named for the bulbils that form where the leaf divides. It grows in monsoon forest and scrub, putting up its single leaf in the wet summer and resting as a dormant tuber through the dry, cool winter. It is one of the easier Amorphophallus to grow.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

A tuberous geophyte of deciduous and semi-evergreen monsoon forest, forest edges and shaded scrub in the lowlands and foothills.

Records lie at 10–920 m, most in the lowlands.

AssamBangladeshBhutanNepalIndiaMyanmarAndaman Islands

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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