Anaphyllum wightii

From: "FTG Conservatory, Craig Allen" conserv at netrox.net> on 2000.04.29 at 00:43:51(4467) If anyone is interested... There will be about a dozen Anaphyllum wightii for sale at Fairchild's Spring Sale Saturday morning 4/29/2000. They are a very interesting aroid. Anaphyllum wightii Araceae from India SOURCE: Dr. Jack Fisher collected India, Kerala State. Shaded forest floor. The striking spiraled spathe brown to charcoal is held high above the deeply lobed sparse foliage. BLOOM PERIOD: almost everblooming HORTICULTURE: Jack said they were "Dormant and leafless in dry season." This isn't the case when they are irrigated. Our nursery was growing them in regular potting soil. There is a tuber or rhizome at the base. They have often set some seed, but have shown no inclination to germinate when not properly planted. I have pressed the seed into the surface of the soil, much like a palm seed. Germination is usually with in six weeks. Craig M. Allen +More Conservatory Manager Fairchild Tropical Garden 10901 Old Cutler Road Coral Gables, Florida 33156-4296 Tel. 305-667-1651 ext. 3320 Fax 305-661-8953 e-mail conserv@netrox.net web: www.ftg.org

From: Eric.Schmidt at ci.orlando.fl.us (Eric Schmidt) on 2000.07.15 at 16:24:13(5125) Anyone know how hardy Anaphyllum wightii is? Does it go dormant during winter? Will it survive in the ground in zone 9b, Orlando, FL.? Thanks, Eric Schmidt +More -----Original Message----- Bittel Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 12:26 AM To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Subject: Re: Amorphophallus bulbifer -size to bloom Jody, my bulbifer plants usually flower when about 3 feet tall. I had maybe 7 flowers this spring, aound May. my paeonifolius plants are about the same, flowering when 3 to 4 feet tall. I had about 20 flowers this spring, also about May. The biggest flowers will wait to put up a leaf until next spring. My biggest leaf now is about 8 feet, from a big flower last year. Don't need to worry about the smell though, because my wife makes me cut them all down when the flies start buzzin' Don Bittel ---------- > From: Jody Haynes > To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L > Subject: Re: Amorphophallus bulbifer stories > Date: Monday, July 10, 2000 10:23 PM > > Albert, > > This will certainly not help you unravel your apparent mystery, but I could add > that my A. bulbifer was the first to emerger (from the ground) this year, > some time > in May. The bulbils from last year that I had sown in a container earlier this > spring emerged about a month later. My largest plant has a leaf about 3 > feet tall > now, but still has not flowered. How big does this species need to be before it > flowers? > > My A. paenifolius emerged in June and the leaf reached 4 feet. This one > also has > not flowered...again same question: how big 'til it blooms? > > Jody (in Miami) > > Albert Huntington wrote: > > > Hello, List. > > > > I would like to bring up a couple of observations about my A. bulbifer and > > ask some questions. > > > > I keep my A. bulbifer in a greenhouse (low 65F, high 90F, Humidity > >80%+), and > > around last September I noticed that the leaf ( about 2ft high ) was > >beginning > > to wilt, perhaps in preparation for dormancy of some sort. Since the > >plant had > > been growing pretty vigorously, I figured that I would try out a > >procedure that > > I had read on the list for taking petiole cuttings, and harvest a few of the > > bulbils along the way. I removed the leaf from the tuber and cut the petiole > > into 2-3" long sections which I sealed into a plastic bag with some damp > > sphagnum peat. I stored the tuber in the fridge over the winter, > >figuring that > > I did not have room for the plant with everything else overwintering in my > > greenhouse, should it decide to come back up. I also stored a bunch of > >little > > tubers that had formed attached to the big tuber. > > Much to my amazement, the petioles did in fact form even more little tubers > > after a month or two. > > > > Now, in March, I figured it was time to pot out the tubers, so I took them > > from the fridge, where they had kept relatively well, and I planted them in > > pots in the greenhouse. I then proceeded to wait. And wait. And wait. > > About early June, a few of the small tubers had sprouted, but not the big > > one. Now, in July, I finally see a small pink shoot on top of my bigger > > tuber. Some more of the smaller tubers I had potted up are beginning to > > sprout. Every single other Amorph I have, including the ones Wilbert > >sent out > > this spring, is pretty much in full leaf by now. This is somewhat > >puzzling to > > me. > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions as to why my A. bulbifer and its offshoots > > should be poking their heads out so late this year? Is it because I stressed > > the plant by cutting off its head a bit early? Does it have something to do > > with its long siesta in the fridge? Is A. bulbifer just a late species? > > Anybody else have any experiences like this with other species? > > > > Thanks in advange for your answers... > > > > --Albert > > > > ===== > > Albert Huntington San Jose, CA U.S.A. > > Visit my greenhouse at: > > http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Jungle/1436 > > ----------------------------------------------- > >

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 2000.07.15 at 20:44:58(5127) Dear Eric, It occurs in Nature in the S.W. of India, so I do NOT think it will survive winters in Orlando! Bring it in if the temps fall to 60 deg F., and protect it from ANY wind when it cools to this temp!! Julius +More >Anyone know how hardy Anaphyllum wightii is? Does it go dormant during winter? Will it survive in the ground in zone 9b, Orlando, FL.? Thanks, Eric Schmidt -----Original Message----- Bittel Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 12:26 AM To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Subject: Re: Amorphophallus bulbifer -size to bloom Jody, my bulbifer plants usually flower when about 3 feet tall. I had maybe 7 flowers this spring, aound May. my paeonifolius plants are about the same, flowering when 3 to 4 feet tall. I had about 20 flowers this spring, also about May. The biggest flowers will wait to put up a leaf until next spring. My biggest leaf now is about 8 feet, from a big flower last year. Don't need to worry about the smell though, because my wife makes me cut them all down when the flies start buzzin' Don Bittel ---------- > From: Jody Haynes > To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L > Subject: Re: Amorphophallus bulbifer stories > Date: Monday, July 10, 2000 10:23 PM > > Albert, > > This will certainly not help you unravel your apparent mystery, but I could add > that my A. bulbifer was the first to emerger (from the ground) this year, > some time > in May. The bulbils from last year that I had sown in a container earlier this > spring emerged about a month later. My largest plant has a leaf about 3 > feet tall > now, but still has not flowered. How big does this species need to be before it > flowers? > > My A. paenifolius emerged in June and the leaf reached 4 feet. This one > also has > not flowered...again same question: how big 'til it blooms? > > Jody (in Miami) > > Albert Huntington wrote: > > > Hello, List. > > > > I would like to bring up a couple of observations about my A. bulbifer and > > ask some questions. > > > > I keep my A. bulbifer in a greenhouse (low 65F, high 90F, Humidity > >80%+), and > > around last September I noticed that the leaf ( about 2ft high ) was > >beginning > > to wilt, perhaps in preparation for dormancy of some sort. Since the > >plant had > > been growing pretty vigorously, I figured that I would try out a > >procedure that > > I had read on the list for taking petiole cuttings, and harvest a few of the > > bulbils along the way. I removed the leaf from the tuber and cut the petiole > > into 2-3" long sections which I sealed into a plastic bag with some damp > > sphagnum peat. I stored the tuber in the fridge over the winter, > >figuring that > > I did not have room for the plant with everything else overwintering in my > > greenhouse, should it decide to come back up. I also stored a bunch of > >little > > tubers that had formed attached to the big tuber. > > Much to my amazement, the petioles did in fact form even more little tubers > > after a month or two. > > > > Now, in March, I figured it was time to pot out the tubers, so I took them > > from the fridge, where they had kept relatively well, and I planted them in > > pots in the greenhouse. I then proceeded to wait. And wait. And wait. > > About early June, a few of the small tubers had sprouted, but not the big > > one. Now, in July, I finally see a small pink shoot on top of my bigger > > tuber. Some more of the smaller tubers I had potted up are beginning to > > sprout. Every single other Amorph I have, including the ones Wilbert > >sent out > > this spring, is pretty much in full leaf by now. This is somewhat > >puzzling to > > me. > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions as to why my A. bulbifer and its offshoots > > should be poking their heads out so late this year? Is it because I stressed > > the plant by cutting off its head a bit early? Does it have something to do > > with its long siesta in the fridge? Is A. bulbifer just a late species? > > Anybody else have any experiences like this with other species? > > > > Thanks in advange for your answers... > > > > --Albert > > > > ===== > > Albert Huntington San Jose, CA U.S.A. > > Visit my greenhouse at: > > http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Jungle/1436 > > ----------------------------------------------- > >

From: <plantguy at zoominternet.net> on 2004.09.06 at 15:27:48(12171) Hello, I hope this finds everyone in the U.S. enjoying a lovely Labor day. I would also like to wish everyone in Florida a speedy recovery from Frances. A friend of mine in India has offered me a few blooming size Anaphyllum wightii tubers and I have convinced him to send me a few extras on consignment. I will be making these available to my fellow aroid-a-holics here at the aroid-l on a first come first served basis. After talking with a few aroiders it is my understanding that these are somewhat uncommon and I?ll admit I had never seen the influorescence on this plant before he sent me a picture. I personally find the bloom to be quite spectacular and decided I had to try my hand at this aroid. As there are no decent pictures of this influorescence on the internet I posted one from my friend on the GardenWeb at the following address: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/aroid/hpgal0709154626611.jpg I will also be importing several species of Arisaema from the Himalayas for resale. If anyone is interested in the Anaphyllum or any Arisaema please send me an e-mail directly to plantguy@zoominternet.net Thank you for allowing me this small advertisement on the aroid-l. +More Dan Daniel Devor Gibsonia, PA USA plantguy@zoominternet.net _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: leu242 at yahoo.com (Eric Schmidt) on 2007.09.11 at 22:39:54(16262) Here is Anaphyllum wightii flowering now; http://www.tiny.cc/WL7Tq http://www.tiny.cc/VJjEv Eric +More Orlando,FL z9b/10a ____________________________________________________________________________________ Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities+for+kids&cs=bz

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