Anchomanes
(name of doubtful origin). ORD. Aroideae. A remarkable and beautiful stove tuberous-rooted perennial aroid, allied to Amorphophallus, and requiring somewhat similar treatment. As soon as the leaves die down, the plants should be repotted in rich sandy loam and leaf mould, with ample drainage. They will need scarce any water or attention until growth commences the following spring, when they must have an abundance of water, and a moist atmosphere. Summer temperature, 60deg. to 85deg.; winter, 55deg. to 60deg. Propagated by seeds and offsets.
A. Hookeri (Hooker's).* fl., spathe pale purple, appearing before the leaf, much expanded; spadix whitish; scape prickly, shorter than the petiole. June. l., petiole slender, prickly, bearing on its summit the horizontal blade, about 3ft. in diameter; this is divided into three primary divisions, which are again cut up into several leaflets, the largest of these being toothed. h. 3ft. Fernando Po, 1832. There is a variety with a paler-coloured spathe. SYN. Caladium petiolatum.