Flowers 40-46 cm diam. Perigone lobes with 10-12 whitish-pinkish blots along the median and along the base, largest blots 2 by 1 cm, few small blots in between, some of the larger sometimes merged and up to 5 cm broad. Diaphragm opening about 2/3 of the total width, pinkish red with about 30 radial rows of circular light pinkish red margined warts, lower face of diaphragm with 5 concentric rings of white blots close to the rim, the two rings of warts closest to the perigone tube with flat or somewhat crateriform oval fringed apex, c. 9 by 8 mm across, the tops supported by 1—2(—6) mm long stalks, making them look like minuscule toadstools. Perigone tube c. 8 cm deep, covered at the inside with rather fugaceous ramenta which are 6-8(-9) mm long and have swollen heads 1 mm long and 2-3 mm wide, sometimes crateriform at apex, stalks c. 1 mm across, a few branched or lobed ones near the diaphragm. Between the ramenta on the inner side of the perigone tube some scattered toadstool-like protuberances close to the inside of the diaphragm, but with only 1-2 mm long stalks. Male flowers with c. 30 anthers. Plate 1.
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