Amorpho Identification

From: Bruno Matter Bruno.Matter at unibas.ch> on 2001.04.24 at 14:17:42(6254) Since a few years I grow a Amorpho. abyssinicus who was wild collected in Kamerun. Finaly it's flowering but it is lacking the Tube constriction mentioned in the Amorphophallus Key in Aroideana 19. Also is the Appendix subequal to the Spathe, so it looks very similar to a small konjac flower. Has anyone a more detailed description of that species??? Greetings from Switzerland Bruno +More Bruno Matter Botanischer Garten der Universitaet Schoenbeinstrasse 6 4056 Basel Switzerland 0041 61 267 35 19 Phone 0041 61 267 29 83 Fax

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2001.04.24 at 21:22:02(6257) Bruno, The constriction in the spathe is imperative in abyssinicus. The only way to get to know more is to send scans of pics or pics themselves. Plants cannot be generally identified from a few lines of text. Cheers, Wilbert +More ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Sent: dinsdag 24 april 2001 16:17 Subject: Amorpho Identification > Since a few years I grow a Amorpho. abyssinicus who was wild collected > in Kamerun. > Finaly it's flowering but it is lacking the Tube constriction mentioned > in the Amorphophallus Key in Aroideana 19. Also is the Appendix subequal > to the Spathe, so it looks very similar to a small konjac flower. > > Has anyone a more detailed description of that species??? > > Greetings from Switzerland > > Bruno > > > Bruno Matter > Botanischer Garten der Universitaet > Schoenbeinstrasse 6 > 4056 Basel > Switzerland > > 0041 61 267 35 19 Phone > 0041 61 267 29 83 Fax >

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 2001.04.25 at 02:27:24(6262) Dear Bruno, It sounds like this could be VERY interesting---as Wilbert said, we need a photo of this plant on the list so that it may be identified, there are several African species of Amorphophallus that are rarely collected, so this just MAY be one of them! Please arrange to have the plant and flower photographed as soon as possible! Sincerely, Julius Boos, WPB, Florida, USA +More >>Since a few years I grow a Amorpho. abyssinicus who was wild collected in Kamerun. Finaly it's flowering but it is lacking the Tube constriction mentioned in the Amorphophallus Key in Aroideana 19. Also is the Appendix subequal to the Spathe, so it looks very similar to a small konjac flower. Has anyone a more detailed description of that species??? Greetings from Switzerland Bruno<< Bruno Matter Botanischer Garten der Universitaet Schoenbeinstrasse 6 4056 Basel Switzerland 0041 61 267 35 19 Phone 0041 61 267 29 83 Fax

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