Thank you LariAnn; Aroid tips from you are most appreciated and helpful! (Recently had begun researching Aroids online, and have become quite aware of your years of work, particularly in the field of hybridization.)
Very informative detail on the sequence of reproductive events specific to A. odora. I'll be ready to try again next year (hopefully with more than one plant). (Wonder if the local ants you've observed can pollinate by accident - been finding such interesting general facts about related inflorescences - it looks like it's native flies, not beetles, and that they may even be thermogenic at certain stages.)
After enjoying the (continuing and vigorous) growth of this one plant (from a "bulb"), I've been getting more curious about similar Aroids. Googling for house-plant sized members of the family to consider in the future, came across Alocasia 'Tiny Dancers' (which seems to have originated from Aroidia Research :).
But I'm not sure whether it would be suitable for year-round indoors (in 5a at ~ 43˚N), as I do not have access to a decently sunny windowsill, and am a bit concerned that some online comments implied it was difficult to grow, finicky, or that it was lost in a few months - but the brief remarks are hard to evaluate since no details whatsoever were provided.
