If you want an Amorphophallus.........

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2001.02.04 at 17:36:50(5913) Peoples, The Amorph research collection has done quite well last season, although not too many offsets or seeds for distribution among you people. The list of goodies is added at the end. Although the variety is o.k., the numbers we have are often small. Usually quite some orders come in so if I tried to satisfy everybody, it would mean that you get one tuber or so. That sounds a bit frustrating. So this time I am going to invoke a bit of "first come......". I know, it isn't fair but hey, next time we may have more.......I am sure more people will be disappointed this year than last in not getting anything...... The victims of last year (who didn't get anything or mainly DOA's) may want to remind me of that, so I can check last year's correspondence and may give you some priority. I have copied the instruction-text below of last year's distribution. Read it well, so I won't get a load of superfluous mails. Honestly, everything you need to know to get material is listed below. Hope ye all read it well...... Cheerio, Wilbert +More ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________ A few policy remarks etc. - the list contains plant names, often followed by clone numbers. If you want a particular clone of a species (because you already had another one from an earlier distribution and want to play with the naughty bits to get seed.....), please mention the clone number with the species name. If you want a clone, any clone, don't indicate a number. - the tubers will be sent with phytosanitary certificates. - the tubers will be sent with the clone numbers, whether you requested a particular clone or not. PLEASE, try to keep the clone number with your plant on a label. There may come a time, when all of our collection freezes over and I may have to ask your help to build it up again......(your WORST nightmare, I know!). - my paying policy hasn't changed, so here it is again. I am not asking particular amounts of money for species, so rarity etc. doesn't matter. What I ask you to pay, is what you yourself think the ordered plants are worth for you, and please, DO include your own financial state-of-affairs in your considerations. If you don't have much to spend, then don't. I'm happy that you get these freaky plants. If you have plants to swap in return, that's fine, I'll be waiting for the offer....... - do NOT pay before you get your plants. Then decide if everything is o.k. Subtract from the estimated amount the plants that were DOA (and please, mention this to me). - paying: PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, NO cheques or anything like it (incl. money orders or what not). I only accept cash in an envelope. I know, this is not the most secure way, but the hassle I have with cashing cheques is beyond your imagination. It also costs a damn lot of money to do it. As if banks didn't have enough money. So, don't even consider to do it or ask me, the answer is "no"!, ONLY cash. My postal address: Wilbert Hetterscheid Chrysantenstraat 28 1214 BM Hilversum Netherlands - direct all orders and related electronic correspondence to: hetter@worldonline.nl - PLEASE include your postal address in your ordering email. This has often been forgotten in the past and that is a horror for the admin people. No address, no plants. - the CLOSING CEREMONY for this distribution is set on FRIDAY 9 February!!!! ANY order coming in later, will only be rewarded with left-overs, if there are any at all. (Hell, even I don't know what constitutes a "left-over" in Amorphophallus............). - I assume that the shipping will start some two or three weeks after the closing date. Please indicate if your climate is a danger to the plants in that period. I don't think we can avoid sending them but maybe you have an alternative address. If not, don't order. We cannot keep the plants here for too long because they will wake up and deteriorate. - print out or keep this entire message because I am not going to repeat things in individual messages. - when you order by using the reply key, please "cut the crap", meaning, cut out all my statements above and stick to the list, your postal adress and what you have to say yourself. Thanks. So, folks, here's the list. Hope you find something to your liking: Amorphophallus: angolensis H.AM.344 ankarana H.AM.048 bulbifer H.AM.136 bulbifer H.AM.412 carneus H.AM.464 dracontioides H.AM.340 dracontioides H.AM.1108 eichleri H.AM.051 eichleri H.AM.406 excentricus s.n. excentricus H.AM.184 henryi H.AM.234 interruptus H.AM.521 interruptus H.AM.522 konjac H.AM.251 konjac H.AM.613 krausei H.AM.083 krausei H.AM.091 krausei H.AM.096 krausei H.AM.172 x 091 krausei H.AM.213 krausei H.AM.766 lewallei H.AM.021 lewallei H.AM.468 longituberosus H.AM.276 maxwellii H.AM.970 muelleri H.AM.078 x 360 napalensis H.AM.267 ochroleucus H.AM.926 odoratus H.AM.001 paeoniifolius L. 990295 palawanensis H.AM.124 prainii H.AM.1030 prainii H.AM.1034 putii H.AM.697 putii H.AM.925 richardsii/swynnertonii H.AM.448 symonianus H.AM.719 symonianus H.AM.720 symonianus H.AM.725 symonianus H.AM.728 symonianus H.AM.942 taurostigma H.AM.027 taurostigma H.AM.038 variabilis H.AM.024 variabilis H.AM.065 variabilis H.AM.484 yuloensis H.AM.286 yunnanensis H.AM.157 Others: Dracontium amazonense H.AR.083 Dracontium gigas H.AR.063 Dracontium polyphyllum H.AR.184 Dracontium prancei H.AR.062 Hapaline benthamiana H.AR.037 Pseudodr. lacourii H.AM.074 Pseudodr. lacourii H.AM.209 Pycnospatha arietina H.AR.115 Pycnospatha arietina H.AR.191 Taccarum weddelianum H.AR.061 Taccarum weddelianum H.AR.071 Taccarum weddelianum H.AR.254

From: "Hetterscheid, Wilbert" w.hetterscheid at ppo.dlo.nl> on 2002.02.13 at 19:21:36(8203) Peoples, The Amorphophallus Research Collection is largely dormant now and we've counted the surplus material. The variety is o.k. this year, I suppose and as usual numbers are sometimes limited, sometimes plenty. I will try to distribute the tubers over as many orders as possible. I hope nobody stays unrewarded but I cannot ensure that. The policy rules are as always, please find them below. I stress that sending in your postal address with your wishlist is important. Alan Galloway has volunteered to distribute all US shipments from his home, so we will send everything packaged and all to Alan, he stamps them and puts them in the mail. This way we save phytosanitary inspection costs. Thanks Alan! This also minimizes the risk of smaller shipments getting crushed by US mail subtlety....... BE careful NOT to answer by reply-key, or the moderators of this list will go NUTS! Reply directly to: hetter@worldonline.nl. (see also instructions below). Cheerio, Wilbert +More ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________ A few policy remarks etc. - the list contains plant names, often followed by clone numbers. If you want a particular clone of a species (because you already had another one from an earlier distribution and want to play with the naughty bits to get seed.....), please mention the clone number with the species name. If you want a clone, any clone, don't indicate a number. - the tubers will be sent with phytosanitary certificates. - the tubers will be sent with the clone numbers, whether you requested a particular clone or not. PLEASE, try to keep the clone number with your plant on a label. There may come a time, when all of our collection freezes over and I may have to ask your help to build it up again......(your WORST nightmare, I know!). - my paying policy hasn't changed, so here it is again. I am not asking particular amounts of money for species, so rarity etc. doesn't matter. What I ask you to pay, is what you yourself think the ordered plants are worth for you, and please, DO include your own financial state-of-affairs in your considerations. If you don't have much to spend, then don't. I'm happy that you get these freaky plants. If you have plants to swap in return, that's fine, I'll be waiting for the offer....... - do NOT pay before you get your plants. Then decide if everything is o.k. Subtract from the estimated amount the plants that were DOA (and please, mention this to me). - paying: PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, NO cheques or anything like it (incl. money orders or what not). I only accept cash in an envelope. I know, this is not the most secure way, but the hassle I have with cashing cheques is beyond your imagination. It also costs a damn lot of money to do it. As if banks didn't have enough money. So, don't even consider to do it or ask me, the answer is "no"!, ONLY cash. I'll take the risk. My postal address: Wilbert Hetterscheid Chrysantenstraat 28 1214 BM Hilversum Netherlands - direct all orders and related electronic correspondence to: hetter@worldonline.nl - PLEASE include your postal address in your ordering email. This has often been forgotten in the past and that is a horror for the admin people. No address, no plants. - the CLOSING CEREMONY for this distribution is set on FRIDAY 22 February!!!! ANY order coming in later, will only be rewarded with left-overs, if there are any at all. (Hell, even I don't know what constitutes a "left-over" in Amorphophallus............). - I assume that the shipping will start some two or three weeks after the closing date. Please indicate if your climate is a danger to the plants in that period. I don't think we can avoid sending them but maybe you have an alternative address. If not, don't order. We cannot keep the plants here for too long because they will wake up and deteriorate. - print out or keep this entire message because I am not going to repeat things in individual messages. - when you order by using the reply key, please "cut the crap", meaning, cut out all my statements above and stick to the list, your postal adress and what you have to say yourself. Thanks. So, folks, here's the list. Hope you find something to your liking: Am. dunnii (formerly known as A. odoratus) H.AM.001, H.AM.798 Am. lewallei, H.AM.021 Am. taurostigma, H.AM.027 Am. salmoneus, H.AM.036 Am. ankarana, H.AM.048 Am. variabilis, H.AM.065, H.AM.1034 Am. abyssinicus, H.AM.074 Am. haematospadix, H.AM.114 Am. palawanensis, H.AM.124, H.AM.1005 Am. yunnanensis, H.AM.157 Am. excentricus, H.AM.184, H.AM.867 Am. smithsonianus, H.AM.216 Am. napalensis, H.AM.227 Am. yuloensis, H.AM.231, H.AM.1221 Am. glossophyllus, H.AM.242, H.AM.1102 Am. konjac (small leaflets, handsome clones), H.AM.251, H.AM.304 Am. albispathus, H.AM.257, H.AM.788, H.AM.857 Am. longituberosus, H.AM.289 Am. opertus, H.AM.309 Am. margaritifer, H.AM.331, H.AM.422 Am. bulbifer, H.AM.412 Am. swynnertonii, H.AM.447, H.AM.448, H.AM.959, H.AM.960 Am. carneus, H.AM.464 Am. konjac, H.AM.613 Am. brevispathus, H.AM.673, H.AM.674 Am. putii, H.AM.697, H.AM.925, H.AM.972 Am. sumawongii, H.AM.712, H.AM.714, H.AM.845, H.AM.958 Am. symonianus, H.AM.719, H.AM.720, H.AM.724, H.AM.725, H.AM.728, H.AM.934 Am. hottae, H.AM.915 Am. thaiensis, H.AM.945, H.AM.946, H.AM.1176 (similar to yunnanensis) Am. amygdaloides, H.AM.969 Am. longiconnectivus, H.AM.1132 Am. albus (Chen Yi, A-103) Taccarum caudatum (Bolivia, identified by Eduardo Goncalves, quite similar to T. weddelianum), H.AM.254 (this one I distributed a few years ago as T. weddellianum; hey, let's face it, taxonomists are a pain in the b...). Typhonium circinnatum, H.AR.258 Pseudodracontium harmandii, H.AM.258, H.AM.588, H.AM.793 Pseudodracontium latifolium, H.AM.167

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