Amorphophallus oncophyllus

A tuberous Amorphophallus that Kew's checklist restricts to the Andaman Islands. It grows in hot, monsoonal lowland forest, puts up one leaf in the wet season and goes dormant through the dry months. Plants sold under this name are often the bulbil-bearing A. muelleri, which has long been confused with it.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Probably forest floor and edges in lowland moist forest, in the dappled shade typical of the genus. There are no wild GBIF records, so this is generalised from the genus and the islands' forest types.

Lowland; the Andamans are mostly below 700 m, and the climate site is at 113 m.

Andaman Islands

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✓ 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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