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Amorphophile,

Luke of aka Amorpho has risen in May 2010 seedling lambii seeds at rarepalmseeds.
It is not unlikely that there are really lambii, because rarepalmseeds.com also often Palemnsamen from Indonesia is offering and has probably good contacts.

We have replaced and my four seeds are swift and easy germinated.

They did not survive but the first winter, what has been sure to the low temperatures in my winter garden. (At the time, I had still not heating pad) Certainly better, the plants had been lifted in the living room.

In General is lambii difficult or not zujhause is to keep under easy conditions, but Luke seems to have somehow get that said yes.
Maybe he writes how he did it, and is a also a few pictures...


Happy growing,
Bernhard.

Hi Luke,

Thanks ever for this info!

90 - 95% rel. LF listens to after an enclosed terrarium - lüftest you sometimes or only to pour?

Information on the substrate and the application of fertilizers were also very interesting.

Am looking forward to the photos!

Happy growing, Bernhard.

lambii fans,

in the forum it has often been discussed whether lambii can be cultivated here in D or Central Europe; it is clear that lambii is difficult and easily rots away.

The assessments are "not feasible":
A. lambii, A.ongsakulii
up to the successful culture in Seramis:
"Blue" lambii in Seramis

Here I would like to describe to you an interesting observation that I have made.

I was able to obtain the seedlings described above via leaf cuttings and also be able to raise small plants again and again, but I did not succeed in creating a permanent culture that would have led to large plants or thick tubers.

Last year I tried Vulcaponic (https://www.klanz.com/home/substrate/vulkaponic-2-5/) as a substrate and the plants developed well.
Since I have used 7 cm pots and the water at Vulcaponic actually passes through immediately and the storage capacity of pumice and zeolite is not high, I put the potlets in a bowl, in which then actually always a few mm of water stood.

The plants then went sometime in autumn / winter in peace and I then always kept the substrate slightly moist to wet and expected that the nodules at the relatively low temperatures in my conservatory or soon rot.
From time to time I have looked and to meimen astonishment always found that they nodules still looked good.

In the spring, 3 plants are expelled again (the fourth is still dormant, but the nodule is still intact) and have developed surprisingly well, whereby I was particularly amazed by the root growth. Here are a few pictures:

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I'm curious to see what happens next; I will keep the culture conditions, i.e. always a little water in the coaster and irrigation fertilization - if I often think about it...;-)

Happy growing, Bernhard.

see also:
http://www.amorphophallus-forum.de/bulbi... s-f26/t1433-f11

... the same clone as the big one above (BS 43) in Sphagnum....

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Happy growing, Bernhard.

Hello Lukas,

this varies from winter to winter.
In the past, this could go down to 12 °C, in the last winters, in which I usually leave the door to the living room open often, it may be around 17 °C at night.
How the temperature is directly on the pot, which stands in a bowl on the floor, I do not know. I would have to measure this again accurately (and buy a new Min-Max thermometer beforehand...)

Happy growing, Bernhard.

Hello lambii fans,

Lukas, that looks VERY good!
The roots are just as strong as mine's in Vulkaponic.
Your genotype also has a very nice blttstiel drawing!

Ralf, a problem with Sphagnum is certainly that it can be very wet if you water abundantly; you can also see Lukas' picture of the pot photographed from below; I observe this again and again in myself; Seramis certainly has the advantage that pore volume is certainly higher with water saturation.

Happy growing, Bernhard.