Panama Aroids.

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 2001.04.30 at 23:21:52(6332) Good for you Neil! There are three species recorded from there, according to the literature, D. spruceanum, D. soconoscum and D. grayumianum. All are the smaller species, about 6' (2 mt) tall, not giants like D. gigas and D. piterrii. D. soconoscum has a small cowl-shaped spathe born at ground-level, no visible peduncle, while D. spruceanum has a tall (30"/1 mt ?) peduncle with a 24"/.50 mt) boat-shaped spathe on top. D. grayumianum can not be distinguished from D. soconuscum except by the shape and form of their quite different seeds!! There will also be (as members of the tuberous Aroids) species of Xanthosoma and Caladium!!! Good luck to all--- Julius +More >>I just returned from Panama this past january and found 2 individuals of dracontium. Two different species. Dracontium is rather difficult to locate due to its naturally rare disposition. Neil -----Original Message----- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Date: Monday, April 30, 2001 9:39 AM Subject: Panama again Dear all, esp. Julius Boos, below you find a request that I mailed a few weeks ago. Getting no reply so far, I already thought that there are no tuberous aroids in Central Amercica (excuse my ingnorance from which you see that I am still a novice in aroid matters...). >From the enthuseastic mail from Julius Boos about Fairchild Gardens I learned that this obviously is not the case; or is Panama just the wrong place for Dracontiums? So again: Is there any chance to find something like D. pitterii or Dracontium gigas in Panama and get it to Germany ??? (Still) Any suggestion highly appreciated! Cheers, Bernhard. StroWi schrieb: > Dear all, > > my sister is going to Panama. > > Are there any tuberous aroids in Panama which she can send to Germany. (I > guess > that taking them with her is difficult, since she travels back via the USA.) > > An suggestion where to get or purchase something is highly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > Bernhard. > > StroWi@t-online is: > Bernhard Strolka > Alte Dorfstr. 33A > 31311 Uetze/ OT Dollbergen > Germany

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