Open AccessThe Cultivation of Typhonodorum lindleyanum Schott at Rotterdam Zoological & Botanical Gardens
Author(s) -
Louwerens Jan Nederlof,
Christopher Lee Degenaar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
sibbaldia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2513-9231
DOI - 10.24823/sibbaldia.2020.306
Subject(s) - sowing , greenhouse , botanical garden , biology , geography , tropics , horticulture , pollination , botany , agroforestry , ecology , pollen
Typhonodorum lindleyanum Schott has been cultivated in the tropical greenhouses of Rotterdam Zoo since 2018. In this article the cultivation of this species is outlined with reference to its natural environment, including propagation from seeds, planting out in a tropical water pond, the general maintenance, flowering and proposals for further study on pollination and flower anatomy.