International Aroid Society

Christopher,

A couple of weeks ago, when there was a flurry of postings mentioning Synandrospadix I sent out a feeler to see if you S.v. growerswould like to cooperate on a pice on this special aroid for Aroideana. I have received some interesting notes from Don Martinson, but they are not enough on their own to constitute an article. Would you be interested in cooperating with him on a short piece with a picture or two. It would be good to introduce the species to more members.

Please let me know if you would like to do this.

Derek

From: aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Rogers
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 9:38 AM
To: Discussion of aroids
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Synandrospadix vermitoxicus

Good morning!

Synandrospadix can be stored dry. I would dust it with cinnamon (cheap fungicide). You can leave it in the pot and soil as long as you are not watering it or keeping it where it will absorb lots of moisture. Just keep it cool (never cold). This is true for all dry dormant species. In the wild, they do not unbury themselves. It is a good idea though, for many horticulturalists to do store the tuber dry if the pot will get cold, or absorb moisture from below the pot, or get splashed when other plants are watered. It is also a good idea to unpot the dormant tuber to look for rot or pests. Besides, the plant benefits from the new soil mixture from repotting. But like I said, it is not necessarily required.

I really love Synandrospadix. It is one of my favorites. My first plant came from Enid. I later collected some in Chile.

Happy days,

Christopher

On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Alwyn Wootten <alwootten@gmail.com> wrote:

Happy New Decade all!

A year ago, my colleague Fred Schwab planted a few S. v. seeds I
received via this list and nurtured them along while I went on an
extended work trip to Chile. One plant died back several weeks ago as
expected; Fred checked the pot today and found a nice tuber of several
inches diameter. The tuber clearly needs repotting--any advice here?
Store as is until spring, as I would A. konjac? Pot it up? Leave dry
but potted until spring?

I posted a photo to the Aroid Socy Facebook page.

Clear skies,
Al
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