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=0A=0A=0ADear Derek and Friends,

I recall a photo taken at Fairchild Gardens in Miami in an EARLY "Aroideana'' of our old friend Craig Phillips standing under the canopy of a leaf of what was labeled then as A. titanum, this was later corrected, it was A. paeoniifolius. Craig stood at LEAST 6' tall, and the canopy began to spread a little OVER his head, so the petiole MUST have been about 6' 4" tall, maybe 5" in dia. at its base?
A couple/three years ago, at the Sept. aroid show and sale, I assisted Ron Weeks and others in hauling a HUGE tub with a GIANT plant of A. paeoniifolius from the rare plant house at Fairchild up and into the ''display hall'', this plant easily rivaled in size the one in the old photo, and, who knows, might even have been the SAME plant as was shown in the photo!
So--we know that a giant exists/used to exist at Fairchild, Scott USED to have a couple, and there were a few more hanging around in collections a few years ago.
I don`t know about the blooming of these giant plants, I`ll ask my buddy Bobby, he just MIGHT know, or maybe our resident expert Wilbert may chime in?
I USED to be able to purchase soft-ball sized A. paeon. corms at an Indian Grocery on Okeechobee Blvd. here in W.P.B. (I still get eddoes, Colocasia esculenta ''antiquorom'' there!), but I have not seen them available in a couple of years, I must ask the owner where he used to obtain them, they were VERY popular with folks from the S. India/Cylon areas, used seasonally at weddings/feasts, called ''suran'', also available cooked and in cans.
I hope that this helps!

Good Growing, all.

Julius

From: derek@horticulturist.com
To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:19:38 -0400
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] giant form A. paeoniifolius

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Hello Julius and everyone,

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I wonder if these giant corms are the=0Aresult of the breeding program in the Indian subcontinent. Please see back=0Aissues of Aroideana on this. If so, I suspect that one of the side results of=0Athe program has been to minimize the likelihood of flowering of these corms. I=0Aknow this to be the case for some of the named cultivars.

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I find this size corm in UK greengrocers=0Ain the summer, and I am told that the general name is suran =E2=80=93 perhaps one=0Aof many names in various parts of the subcontinent. I have had no luck so far=0Ain finding them in South Florida grocers. To=0Abe honest, I don=E2=80=99t think that 24=E2=80=9D diameter is particularly unusual=0Aor =E2=80=9Cgiant=E2=80=9D =E2=80=93 mine go at least 18=E2=80=9D and that is with my=0Aappalling growing skills.

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Derek

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From: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com=0A[mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On=0ABehalf Of ju-bo@msn.com
=0ASent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009=0A8:53 AM
=0ATo: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
=0ASubject: Re: [Aroid-l] giant form=0AA. paeoniifolius

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Dear All,
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=0AThis giant form of A. paeoniifolius is available in S.=0A Florida, so there should not be a need to import it.
=0AI'll wait to see if and when the owners/growers shake the dust off their shoes=0Aand the sand out of their eyes and reply to this forum!!
=0AI saw a tuber that must have measured close to 24" in dia. some years=0Aago. I THINK Scott had and may have sold some plants of this giant=0Aclone??
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=0AJulius
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=0AW.P.B., FLORIDA

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Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:18:40=0A-0500
=0AFrom: LLmen@wi.rr.com
=0ATo: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
=0ASubject: Re: [Aroid-l] giant form A. paeoniifolius
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=0AIf anyone else would be interested in obtaining tubers or seed, perhaps=0Aa group order could be initiated, depending upon the costs.
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=0AJust a thought,
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=0ADon Martinson
=0AMilwaukee, Wisconsin
=0AMailto:llmen@wi.rr.com
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=0AOn 9/27/09 8:48 AM, "Raj Shekhar Misra"=0A<rajshekharmisra@yahoo.com> wrote:

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HELLO
=0AI HAVE GIANT AMORPHOPHALLUS PAEONIFOLIUS WHICH PRODUCES EDIBLE CORMS WEIGHING=0A15 TO 20KG.
=0AKindly visit my webpage for more information.
=0Awww.geocities.com/rsmisra2000 <http://www.geocities.com/rsmisra2000>=0A
=0Aregards
=0ARSMisra
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=0ADr.Raj Shekhar Misra
=0APrincipal Scientist & Head
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=0ACentral Tuber Crops Research Institute
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=0AMobile Phone No. 91-9446557657
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=0APhone-0471-2598551 to 2598554
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From: Dan Jackson=0A<rupert68@gmail.com>
=0ATo: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
=0ASent: Thursday, 24 September, 2009=0A11:03:49 AM
=0ASubject: [Aroid-l] giant form A.=0Apaeoniifolius
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=0Ahello to the group.
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=0AI am looking for a source for the large, tall=0Agrowing form of or "giant" form of A. paeoniifolius.
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=0Acan anyone advise?
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=0AThanks
=0ARupert
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=0Arupert68@gmail.com
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Now, send attachments up to 25MB with Yahoo! India Mail.=0ALearn how <http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_galaxy_2/*http://in.overview.mail.yahoo.com/photos>=0A.

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