Remusatia vivipara

From: Don Burns <burns at mobot.org> on 1997.03.15 at 02:59:54(503) R. vivipara started shooting up a petiole last week, and shortly afterward, even before the leaf emerged, up popped an infloresence. It apparently opened last night. Bown says this is normal behavior for this species, although according to her many plants never produce an infloresence. This afternoon the spathe had totally withered already with spadix still in place and looking OK. This all happened very quickly. Has anyone on the list experienced flowering and been lucky enough to get seed? Don +More Don Burns Plantation, FL USA Zone 10b

From: "Mr R.a McClure" <Rob.McClure at sci.monash.edu.au> on 1997.03.17 at 05:03:50(507) > Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 21:01:05 -0600 > From: Don Burns > Subject: Remusatia vivipara > To: rob.mcclure@sci.monash.edu.au +More > Reply-to: aroid-l@mobot.org > R. vivipara started shooting up a petiole last week, and shortly > afterward, even before the leaf emerged, up popped an infloresence. It > apparently opened last night. Bown says this is normal behavior for this > species, although according to her many plants never produce > an infloresence. This afternoon the spathe had totally > withered already with spadix still in place and looking OK. This all > happened very quickly. Has anyone on the list experienced flowering and been > lucky enough to get seed? > > Don Don, My Remusatia viviparias seem to flower every 2nd year or so. The infloresence appearing before the leaves.I also remember them as having a pleasant perfume. Within about 2 days the spathe has folded right back and began withering leaving the spadix looking lonely and decidedly 'rude'. Mine have never set seed. It occurs naturally in our northern tropical regions but despite this I grow it easily outside in Melbourne's temperate climate. It has proven to be a very handsome and tough aroid. Perhaps they don't flower often because they produce so many bulbils on their stems. Cheers, Rob. Rob.McClure Dept.of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Monash University, Clayton 3168 AUSTRALIA. Phone:(03)9905.5625 Fax:(03)9905.5613 e-mail: Rob.McClure@sci.monash.edu.au

From: Don Burns <burns at mobot.org> on 1998.03.01 at 21:12:13(1930) R. vivipara has broken dormancy here and appears to be just as vigorous as last year. One inflorescence has already opened and spathe withered, and two more inflorescences appear to be in the works. Last year three appeared also. We also had three leaves last year so hopefully the plant will produce a repeat performance. The plant was also particularly prolific in producing the aerial shoots with the tiny bulblets. While the bulblets have for the most part been blown about by the wind, the shoots are still alive. Some of the shoots are vertical while others are circling the container just above the medium but staying within the container's confines. I cut off several of these shoots and this is when I noticed that they are still green and moist inside. Does cutting these affect the plant in any way? Has anyone tried rooting new plants from these shoots? Don +More Don Burns Plantation, FL USA Zone 10b

From: piaba piabinha at yahoo.com> on 2003.06.24 at 19:05:34(10350) hey all, last year i received a plant of R. vivipara, which promptly went dormant (or was dormant when it arrived). last week, it has resprouted, with several new leaves. however, the old stems are still there and i'm wondering if there's any function to them, or i can remove them. these old stems are dry on the outside, but when you cut them, they are still green inside. +More ========= tsuh yang __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com

From: "Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden" htbg at ilhawaii.net> on 2003.06.24 at 23:51:40(10353) Here is what Plant Delights Nursery has to say... This bizarre genus of easy-to-grow aroids usually occurs in the wild as epiphytes (growing without soil on trees or rocks). Despite this alternate lifestyle, R. vivipara makes a superb garden plant in the soil as well. In late spring, the very glossy green leaves emerge, forming a dwarf clump to 2-3' tall. Once the tuber is large enough, the new foliage will be accompanied by the cool fragrant yellow flowers. In late summer, remusatias show why they were banished into a separate genus with their bizarre stolons that arise from the tuber and grow erect to 10" tall. Each stolon is laden with tiny fuzzy hooked tubercles (bulbils in need of a shave), which can be used to propagate more plants. In Third World countries, a rub derived from the tubers is used to treat arthritic pain. If you like unusual plants, this is a must! +More Scott > hey all, > > last year i received a plant of R. vivipara, which > promptly went dormant (or was dormant when it > arrived). last week, it has resprouted, with several > new leaves. however, the old stems are still there > and i'm wondering if there's any function to them, or > i can remove them. these old stems are dry on the > outside, but when you cut them, they are still green > inside. > > > ========= > tsuh yang > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > >

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From: piaba piabinha at yahoo.com> on 2003.06.27 at 03:21:07(10357) thanks, scott. actuall, the plant came from them (tony avent/petra). the old stems (which are dry on the outside but still +More green inside) did have what looked like those bulbils but they were not developing and seemed to be drying out. i ended up cutting them off but the new leaves are huge... mahalo. ========= tsuh yang > late summer, remusatias > show why they were banished into a separate genus > with their bizarre stolons > that arise from the tuber and grow erect to 10" > tall. Each stolon is laden > with tiny fuzzy hooked tubercles (bulbils in need of > a shave), which can be > used to propagate more plants. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com

From: piaba piabinha at yahoo.com> on 2003.09.11 at 14:30:58(10568) hey all, is this an epiphyte? does it require full sun? any other cultural requirements? +More thanks. tsuh yang __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

From: "Balistrieri, Carlo" cbalistrieri at nybg.org> on 2003.09.11 at 16:09:32(10569) Tsuh Yang, Although a tuberous aroid (with aerial shoots), Deni Bown's book Aroids, indicates that they have been found growing in trees. Apparently the burred bulbils catch on mammals and/or birds and are carried far and wide. I grew it once upon a time and no longer have it. I would treat it like a tuberous aroid, i.e. pot it up. Use a humusy soil, or epiphyte pot mix, and keep moist but not soggy--you'll rot the tuber. I wouldn't give it full sun. Bright shade is a kind of catch all category. Once you have the plant producing it's bulbils, play with the epiphyte character. Carlo +More Carlo A. Balistrieri Curator of the Rock Garden The New York Botanical Garden 200th Street and Kazimiroff Boulevard Bronx, NY 10458-5126 United States of America 718.817.8027 718.817.8018 fax cbalistrieri@nybg.org

From: Dan Levin levin at pixar.com> on 2003.09.11 at 16:17:37(10570) tsuh yang, I must report my Remusatia vivipara plants never read the books reporting that in nature the plants have epiphytic tendencies. No doubt they do, but as with so many plants, Rem. vivipara are quite adaptable to varying cultural conditions. Certainly mine don't climb out of the pots (or ground) as do Anthuria, e.g. I'm currently growing 2 vivipara's: one in my GH, in a soil/ epiphyte mix; and one simply plunked into the ground in poorly amended clay, just outside the GH. Even if they could or do grow as epiphytes, the amount of water needed to develop and support those huge leaves is not trivial. +More RE: light conditions, mine are doing well in both dappled shade (outside) as well as very bright/ indirect light (greenhouse). Hence in my experience, full sun is not requisite for growing/ blooming these plants. They appreciate/ demand goodly amounts of water and respond very well to fertilization of all types. I've had great results using a high organic 4-3-3 (Endo-ROOTS, fine grade). As a great man once said, "... grow as a Caladium." I suspect you'll have happier plants. -Dan piaba wrote: > hey all, > > is this an epiphyte? does it require full sun? any > other cultural requirements? > > thanks. > > tsuh yang

From: piaba piabinha at yahoo.com> on 2003.10.27 at 18:24:58(10726) hi all, i have another question about this plant. does it have a required rest period every year, or can it grow year-round with no rest? tsuh yang +More __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/

From: Tony Avent tony at plantdel.com> on 2003.10.27 at 19:23:33(10728) Dear Tsuh: Remusatia does seem to have a required rest period. Even when the vegetative tubercles are planted in fall and kept at 65 degrees F, they will not sprout until the following June. +More At 10:24 AM 10/27/2003 -0800, you wrote: >hi all, > >i have another question about this plant. does it >have a required rest period every year, or can it grow >year-round with no rest? > > >tsuh yang > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears >http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ > Tony Avent Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, NC 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdel.com phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent

From: piaba piabinha at yahoo.com> on 2003.10.27 at 19:35:54(10731) tony, thanks for the reply. as a matter of fact, it's your plant that i have... it's getting a bit yellow so i wasn't sure if it's suffering or just going dormant naturally. it sprouted this spring or early summer and it's been in growth since. tsuh yang chen +More --- Tony Avent wrote: > Dear Tsuh: > > Remusatia does seem to have a required rest period. > Even when the > vegetative tubercles are planted in fall and kept at > 65 degrees F, they > will not sprout until the following June. > > At 10:24 AM 10/27/2003 -0800, you wrote: > >hi all, > > > >i have another question about this plant. does it > >have a required rest period every year, or can it > grow > >year-round with no rest? > > > > > >tsuh yang __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/

From: Krzysztof Kozminski kk at kozminski.com> on 2003.10.28 at 04:26:29(10735) On Monday, October 27, 2003, at 11:23 AM, Tony Avent wrote: Dear Tsuh: Remusatia does seem to have a required rest period. Even when the vegetative tubercles are planted in fall and kept at 65 degrees F, they will not sprout until the following June. I beg to differ. I had them planted in December, kept at 75-80 F, and by June they grew into quite significant plants. Chilling them down to 65 F might have arrested any development. Tubers, on the other hand, go dormant. KK

From: Tony Avent tony at plantdel.com> on 2003.10.28 at 13:18:42(10739) Krzysztof: Very interesting on the temp. required to keep Remusatia vivipara growing 75 degrees F vs. 65 degrees F. Is this also true of the plant at those temps, or does it go dormant for you anyway? Tony Avent +More Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, NC 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdel.com phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent

From: Krzysztof Kozminski kk at kozminski.com> on 2003.10.29 at 04:28:03(10750) On Tuesday, October 28, 2003, at 05:18 AM, Tony Avent wrote: Krzysztof: Very interesting on the temp. required to keep Remusatia vivipara +More growing 75 degrees F vs. 65 degrees F. Is this also true of the plant at those temps, or does it go dormant for you anyway? No, the mature plants always went dormant, but I did not pay attention to the temperature. It's the bulbils/tubercles that had no problem sprouting leaves. I know for sure that I planted them in December and kept warm since this is what was recommended on the seed envelope from Chiltern. KK

From: piaba piabinha at yahoo.com> on 2003.10.29 at 15:38:38(10754) krzysztof, when do your adult plants go dormant? winter? tsuh yang +More --- Krzysztof Kozminski wrote: > > On Tuesday, October 28, 2003, at 05:18 AM, Tony > Avent wrote: > > > Krzysztof: > > > > Very interesting on the temp. required to keep > Remusatia vivipara > > growing > > 75 degrees F vs. 65 degrees F. Is this also true > of the plant at those > > temps, or does it go dormant for you anyway? > > No, the mature plants always went dormant, but I did > not pay attention > to the temperature. It's the bulbils/tubercles that > had no problem > sprouting leaves. I know for sure that I planted > them in December and > kept warm since this is what was recommended on the > seed envelope from > Chiltern. > > KK > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/

From: Harry Witmore <harrywitmore at witmore.net> on 2004.02.08 at 19:53:06(11114) My Remusatia vivipara is in bloom. It's been dormant in a 65 degree greenhouse and has decided to bloom this year. First time. http://www.cloudjungle.dns2go.com/Epiphytes/PlantsByCat.asp?xml=epiphytes.xml&xsl=search.xsl&Family=Araceae&Genus=Remusatia Harry Witmore +More Zone 7 NC Cloud Jungle Art Epiphytes.Org Cloud Jungle ePiphytes --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.580 / Virus Database: 367 - Release Date: 2/6/2004

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