Taccarum offsets

From: "Deni Bown" deni at yaxhampark.co.uk> on 2005.03.02 at 12:34:12(12748) Calling all aroiders in Europe, I have some nice offsets of Taccarum weddellianum, 3-5cm diameter approx. Willing to swap (by post in Europe only for phyto reasons) for some hardy aroids I either don’t have or would like more of: Arum creticum, A. idaeum, Arisaema candidissimum, Arisarum vulgare, Symplocarpus renifolius, S. nipponicus, Peltandra spp., Lysichiton spp., Calla palustris, Orontium aquaticum. Taccarum isn’t hardy of course, but makes a superb pot plant with umbrellas of divided foliage. Please contact me directly: deni@yaxhampark.co.uk Thanks! Deni Bown +More _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Michael Pascall" mickpascall at hotmail.com> on 2005.03.04 at 05:41:54(12760) I have been wondering if this sp. produces offsets . I have several large seedlings from seed that Julius Boos distributed a few years ago , they have grown very well here in the tropics . But I have not seen any sign of offsets yet . I noticed a few small plants around the base of an enormous plant i saw at a garden near Mt Bartle Frere . Michael Pascall, +More _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Deni Bown" deni at yaxhampark.co.uk> on 2005.03.05 at 11:11:17(12762) Dear Michael, Taccarum offsets very freely for me. I grow it in pots in a large conservatory which is part of our living space so at comfortable temperature but relatively low humidity all year round and very warm when the sun shines, even in winter. It can be tricky to dry off as the leaves collapse quite suddenly as the growing season comes to an end, and if the compost is too damp at that point, the tubers rot easily. When the plants have died down, I keep the tubers in the pot undisturbed and dry until mid-late Feb, and at room temp - above 16C - when I repot them as they are just starting to sprout. I treat Synadrospadix the same but it doesn't offset for me. It's interesting to hear that your plants do well without a pronounced dry season. I imagined Taccarum would need one. Do yours flower? Deni Bown +More -----Original Message----- On Behalf Of Michael Pascall Sent: 04 March 2005 05:42 To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Subject: RE: [Aroid-l] Taccarum offsets I have been wondering if this sp. produces offsets . I have several large seedlings from seed that Julius Boos distributed a few years ago , they have grown very well here in the tropics . But I have not seen any sign of offsets yet . I noticed a few small plants around the base of an enormous plant i saw at a garden near Mt Bartle Frere . Michael Pascall, _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at msn.com> on 2005.03.06 at 02:30:02(12769) >From: "Deni Bown" <deni@yaxhampark.co.uk> >Reply-To: Discussion of aroids <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com> >To: "'Discussion of aroids'" <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com> >Subject: RE: [Aroid-l] Taccarum offsets >Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 11:11:17 -0000 Dear Friends, (Hi Denni!!) My friend Bobby grows THE best Taccarums I have ever seen, he just has the majic touch with these plants. His plants bloom every spring, and with hand-pollination produce a LOT of fruit/seeds. His large plants have petioles w/ a wonderful color, nicely thick, colorful and stout. His do produce a few off-sets, but not as many as one would expect. A while ago I wrote a tome about the corms/tubers of this genus. When one of his would get to a really large size, we`d hope that the next year would really be a record year w/ a super-large plant, but the tuber would always divide itself along the mid-line vertically, producing two large tubers w/ a flat side on each! During the dormancy period, these half-tubers would change shape and color, by the end of their dormancy they would be much more rounded, and if exposed to light would be a wonderful jade-green color, like a raw gem stone, truly a dinamic tuber, even when one thought it 'dormant'. Good growing, +More Julius>>Dear Michael, Taccarum offsets very freely for me. I grow it in pots in a large >conservatory which is part of our living space so at comfortable temperature >but relatively low humidity all year round and very warm when the sun >shines, even in winter. It can be tricky to dry off as the leaves collapse >quite suddenly as the growing season comes to an end, and if the compost is >too damp at that point, the tubers rot easily. When the plants have died >down, I keep the tubers in the pot undisturbed and dry until mid-late Feb, >and at room temp - above 16C - when I repot them as they are just starting >to sprout. I treat Synadrospadix the same but it doesn't offset for me. > >It's interesting to hear that your plants do well without a pronounced dry >season. I imagined Taccarum would need one. Do yours flower? > >Deni Bown > >-----Original Message----- >From: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] >On Behalf Of Michael Pascall >Sent: 04 March 2005 05:42 >To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com >Subject: RE: [Aroid-l] Taccarum offsets > >I have been wondering if this sp. produces offsets . I have several large >seedlings from seed that Julius Boos distributed a few years ago , they have > >grown very well here in the tropics . >But I have not seen any sign of offsets yet . I noticed a few small plants >around the base of an enormous plant i saw at a garden near Mt Bartle Frere >. >Michael Pascall, > > >_______________________________________________ >Aroid-l mailing list >Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com >http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > >_______________________________________________ >Aroid-l mailing list >Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com >http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Michael Pascall" mickpascall at hotmail.com> on 2005.03.10 at 01:24:34(12782) These 'Gems' have not flowered yet . I remove them from the media very soon after they go dormant , and have observed the color change as Julius mentioned . +More Michael Pascall, _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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