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Aroids Partly documented

Amorphophallus kiusianus

A deciduous, tuberous Amorphophallus of southeastern China, Taiwan and southern Japan, one of the most cold-tolerant in the genus. It grows through the hot, wet summer under shade and sleeps through a cool winter as a dry tuber.

Amorphophallus kiusianus
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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

Forest understory, bamboo groves and shaded slopes and margins in the warm-temperate lowlands and hills of eastern Asia; the measured sites are mostly low-lying in eastern China.

Few records carry an elevation; the climate sites are at 2–325 m.

China SoutheastHainanTaiwanJapanNansei-shoto

🔒 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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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, unmodified.