Anchomanes (African Titan Aroid) & Pseudohydrosme

African Titan Aroids and the closely related genus Pseudohydrosme are native of Africa and contain some 7 to 8 species in Anchomanes, respectively only one species (Pseudohydrosme gabunensis) in the monotypic genus Pseudohydrosme. They differ from Amorphophallus in having always spiny stalks and deeply dissected leaves, and tuberous, spreading rhizomes with perennial roots. All can be successfully grown in any rich, well drained, slightly moist soil in a partially shaded to sunny spot. Keep plants always warm at a minimum of some 20°C throughout the year, decrease watering as soon as plants go dormant. The inflorescence appears with or shortly before the new leaf is formed.
Plants are easily raised from seeds, sow the usually quite large seeds horizontally in any rich, well drained soil. Keep soil always slightly moist. Keep at 20° - 30°C throughout the year in a sunny to partially shaded spot. Seedlings will usually grow continuously for about two years before going dormant for the first time.
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Anchomanes dalzielii

150 (200)cm, is a rarely cultivated species which is similar to Anchomanes difformis, and it differs in having broader leaflets and red fruits. It has a very tall, prickly, brownish green mottled stalk and a large leaf umbrella of deeply dissected, glossy leaflets. The pale green spathe and creamy-white spadix are born on a 150 tall stalk, the inflorescence is followed by a very ornamental, upright to horizontally held infructescence of green berries turning red on maturity. A very easy and showy species for any rich, well drained soil. III-VII.

Fotos from this species are available from the International Aroid Society website: Anchomanes dalzielii.

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Anchomanes giganteus (Giant African Titan Aroid) Exclusive

Anchomanes giganteus (Giant African Titan Aroid) Exclusive

250 (350)cm, Giant African Titan Aroid is the most impressive for being the tallest, of all Anchomanes species. It has a very tall, prickly, brownish green mottled stalk and a large leaf umbrella of deeply dissected, glossy leaflets. The pale brownish green spathe and creamy-white spadix are born on a 150 to 180cm tall stalk, the inflorescence is followed by a very ornamental, horizontally held infructescence of white berries turning to violet when ripening. A very easy and showy species for any rich, well drained soil. III-VII and/or IX-I.

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Pseudohydrosme gabunensis

170 (200)cm, an extremely rarely cultivated species which is similar to Anchomanes with deeply dissected leaflets on a tall spiny stem, and a most ornamental, short-stalked inflorescence with a very broad spathe in lemon-yellow and maroon-red shades. The inflorescence is followed by a very ornamental, upright infructescence of white berries turning lilac on maturity. A very easy and showy species for any humus rich, very well drained substrate. Keep plants at a minimum of some 20°C throughout the year. During dormancy reduce watering to a minimum. IV-VI.

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