Amorphophallus muelleri Beschorneria and orientalis

and orientalis

Green dragons go dormant in midsummer

More water

creamy-white border

we see sporadic rebloom through summer and into fall

Amorphophallus muelleri Beschorneria and orientalis(aka: A. m. coll. #AGA 533) Amorphophallus muelleri hails from Northern Thailand and adjacent countries where it is quite widespread. In foliage, it resembles A. bulbifer with the 3'+ tall green petiole, speckled with white. The new leaves emerge with a nice red border. The 2' tall flower spike, which appears before the leaf emerges, is topped with a cup like spathe similar to A. bulbifer, but with attractive white blotches on the spathe reminds me of