Gonatopus

From: "Don Bittel" <dbittel at treco.net> on 1997.05.17 at 05:38:32(750) Hello all! Gonatopus was mentioned recently as a genus that forms new plants from dropped leaflets, and that there were two species. I have three different plants and would like help in identifying them. The first species came from Fairchild TG and I assume to be G. boivinii. It has a dark leafstem with banding of dark purple and silver-grey. The spathe is very light green-white with tiny flecks of dark purple lines. The second species is probably a type of boivinii, but it is very different. The colors are reversed, with the leafstem being very light silver-grey in color, with just a little of dark purple banding splashed around. The spathe is very dark, with the dark purple lines covering almost the entire spathe. The background is still light green, and the spadixes appear to be the same. I call this one 'Grey Ghost'. The third species is very different than the first two. It is much larger in all respects, and the color of the leafstem is a very pretty shade of green, like the color of fresh garden peas. I call this one 'Jolly Green Giant'! There is no mottling of other colors at all. The plants get almost twice as big as the other two, and it still hasn't flowered yet. It originally came from Scott Hyndman. One other question about Amorpho. bulbifer. I had two flowers this spring, the larger one having almost no smell, even after 5 days, and the smaller and later, one which had a dead goat smell on the second day. It could be noticed at least 100 feet away and promptly got cut off and thrown out in a far away place. These are from the same clone, and were identical except for size. Why the difference in smell? Thanks! Don Bittel +More dbittel@treco.net

From: "Peter Wunderlin" pmdes at iafrica.com> on 2000.06.27 at 01:39:15(4926) Hi Everybody, are all varieties of Gonatopus prone to get weedy? Gonatopus are endemic to southern eastcost of Africa. I live in Durban but have never really come across them. It is maybe further up north. Regards Peter +More ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 4:56 AM Subject: Re: Unidentified aroids > OK.... I now have to ask..... > > What the hell is a Gonatopus????? > > Never heard of it until the other day, and now it's popping up in nearly > every email to the list. Can someone give me some details, pictures or > whatever? I'm intrigued to say the least. > > Cheers. > > Paul Tyerman > (Canberra, Australia) > > At 09:30 25/06/00 -0500, you wrote: > >Jody, > >You had it listed as Arisaema and I did not look at it because I know > >nothing of Arisaemas.... > > > >BUT, you DO have Gonatopus! It is like a disease.... I suggest that you > >put it in a pot at least 20 inches off the ground... the roots will travel > >and send up little ones... the leaves will fall off and start new ones... > >In a couple of years you are going to have a 'lawn' that you may not > >want... Actually, it depends on where you live. If you are lucky enough > >to live where the ground freezes, you will be spared... Otherwise, you > >will *never* get rid of it!!! You have my condolences.... > >Dewey > > > > > >>Jody, > >>Can't help you with the others... but, your unidentified Anthurium looks > >>like Philodendron callosum to me... But, like Denis Miller says.... "I > >>could be wrong....." > >>Dewey > >> > >> > >>>Dear aroiders, > >>> > >>>I have posted some photos of three unidentified aroids on my website: one > >>>Amorphophallus, one Arisaema, and one Anthurium. I have also posted a photo > >>>of my Anthurium pedato-radiatum if any of you are interested in seeing it. > >>>Your assistance in identifying these plants will be greatly appreciated. > >>> > >>>http://www.plantapalm.com/_private/unidentified_amorph.htm > >>>http://www.plantapalm.com/_private/unidentified_arisaema.htm > >>>http://www.plantapalm.com/_private/unidentified_anthurium.htm > >>>-- > >>>Jody Haynes > >>>Corresponding Secretary, Editor & Webmaster > >>>Palm & Cycad Societies of Florida (PACSOF) > >>> Virtual Palm & Cycad Encyclopedias > >>> Website: > >>> & > >>>Seedbank Facilitator, Webmaster & List Owner > >>>Azafady Madagascar Seedbank > >>> Website: > >>> E-mail List: > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers. > > Paul Tyerman > Canberra, Australia. USDA equivalent - Zone 8 > mailto:tyerman@dynamite.com.au > > >

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 2000.07.09 at 23:34:54(5033) Dear Peter, Came across this letter from you that I had meant to answer--the only two Gonotopus that are common in collections here in Florida are the most common G. bovinni or 'giraffe knee', and a larger all-green un-named (?) species or maybe a var. of the former. Have no information as to if the other sps tend to be weedy, but somehow feel that they are not. The varigated G. bovinii is weedy as hell, grows everywhere once it escapes your collection, the all-green seems to be less so. I believe I may have seen G. angustus and G. marattioides in collections around here, but NOT commonly. Five species are listed in TGOA--- G. bovinni, G. angustus, G. petiolulatus, G. clavatus, and G. marattioides. They are listed from South-east Africa---Kenya, Malawai, Mozambique, S. Africa (Natal and Transvaal), Tanzania (incl. Pemba, Zanzibar), Zaire, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Hope that this information helps. Cheers, Julius +More >Hi Everybody, are all varieties of Gonatopus prone to get weedy? Gonatopus are endemic to southern eastcost of Africa. I live in Durban but have never really come across them. It is maybe further up north. Regards Peter ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 4:56 AM Subject: Re: Unidentified aroids > OK.... I now have to ask..... > > What the hell is a Gonatopus????? > > Never heard of it until the other day, and now it's popping up in nearly > every email to the list. Can someone give me some details, pictures or > whatever? I'm intrigued to say the least. > > Cheers. > > Paul Tyerman > (Canberra, Australia) > > At 09:30 25/06/00 -0500, you wrote: > >Jody, > >You had it listed as Arisaema and I did not look at it because I know > >nothing of Arisaemas.... > > > >BUT, you DO have Gonatopus! It is like a disease.... I suggest that you > >put it in a pot at least 20 inches off the ground... the roots will travel > >and send up little ones... the leaves will fall off and start new ones... > >In a couple of years you are going to have a 'lawn' that you may not > >want... Actually, it depends on where you live. If you are lucky enough > >to live where the ground freezes, you will be spared... Otherwise, you > >will *never* get rid of it!!! You have my condolences.... > >Dewey > > > > > >>Jody, > >>Can't help you with the others... but, your unidentified Anthurium looks > >>like Philodendron callosum to me... But, like Denis Miller says.... "I > >>could be wrong....." > >>Dewey > >> > >> > >>>Dear aroiders, > >>> > >>>I have posted some photos of three unidentified aroids on my website: one > >>>Amorphophallus, one Arisaema, and one Anthurium. I have also posted a photo > >>>of my Anthurium pedato-radiatum if any of you are interested in seeing it. > >>>Your assistance in identifying these plants will be greatly appreciated. > >>> > >>>http://www.plantapalm.com/_private/unidentified_amorph.htm > >>>http://www.plantapalm.com/_private/unidentified_arisaema.htm > >>>http://www.plantapalm.com/_private/unidentified_anthurium.htm > >>>-- > >>>Jody Haynes > >>>Corresponding Secretary, Editor & Webmaster > >>>Palm & Cycad Societies of Florida (PACSOF) > >>> Virtual Palm & Cycad Encyclopedias > >>> Website: > >>> & > >>>Seedbank Facilitator, Webmaster & List Owner > >>>Azafady Madagascar Seedbank > >>> Website: > >>> E-mail List: > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers. > > Paul Tyerman > Canberra, Australia. USDA equivalent - Zone 8 > mailto:tyerman@dynamite.com.au > > >

From: "Peter Boyce" Boyce at pothos.demon.co.uk> on 2000.07.17 at 02:52:18(5138) Hi Julius Have just logged on at home for the first time in a few days and found your (now rather old message) The green and blotchy giraffe knees are the same - G. boivinii Pete +More Peter C. Boyce 'Bellagyna' Willow Wren Wharf Hayes Road, Southall Middlesex UB2 5HB U.K.

From: "Chris Read" exoticplants at hotmail.com> on 2001.04.05 at 02:21:39(6148) I've been following the recent correspondence & I'm intrigued...anybody got any Gonato prop material they could let me have? - Chris Read _________________________________________________________________________ +More Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

From: "patricia frank" tricia_frank at hotmail.com> on 2001.04.06 at 02:56:11(6156) OK Chris, >Have I got a deal for you!!! Join IAS and as a bonus you will receive lots >of Gonatopus. Or just supply your address and I'll still send you some. >Tricia +More >From: "Chris Read" >Reply-To: aroid-l@mobot.org >To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L >Subject: Gonatopus >Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 21:21:37 -0500 (CDT) > >I've been following the recent correspondence & I'm intrigued...anybody >got any Gonato prop material they could let me have? - Chris Read >_________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

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