titanum produces offsets .

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at msn.com> on 2006.05.21 at 19:37:05(14258) Reply-To : Discussion of aroids Sent : Sunday, May 21, 2006 4:52 PM To : Discussion of aroids Subject : [Aroid-l] Re: titanum at ebay Germany Dear Friends, Contary to common belief and most literature, A. titanum can be made to and does produce offsets. +More Craig Allen, who used to be at Fairchild Tropical Garden in Miami, and who was one of if not THE best A. titanum grower who I know of, reported the following on his cultivation methods for this species. The artice appears in an older issue of 'Aroideana'. If you wanted a major increase in tuber size and possible blooming (and who does not dream of that!), you should use an over-sized potting container. By accident, Craig found that if you under-potted a tuber of A. titanum in too small a pot, the tuber would then grow in this constricted space, but oftentimes would split into several/many offsets. Julius W.P.B., FLORIDA That first ebay plant is not a titanum, for sure. You can clearly see scars from where offsets were removed and titanum doesn't produce offsets. The tuber is so dirty I won't hazard an ID, but a dirty konjac could look like that. -Ken<< StroWi@t-online.de wrote: Thanks, Ken, Marek and Lord P(lant taxonomist), and look what I found now: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&itemw68589111&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 A konjac or something else? Some titanum were offered around the time of the bloom of the triple flower bud titanum in Bonn; some before the bloom in Bonn for 40 to 52 Euro and one after the bloom; that had some effect: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&itemw66324186&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 Good growing, Bernhard. _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: Ken Mosher ken at spatulacity.com> on 2006.05.21 at 23:51:41(14266) Hi Julius, Yes, OK, but splitting into multiple smaller tubers is not the same as producing offsets like the tuber in the photo did! That one had clearly produced rhizomatous offsets. You're not saying titanum can be made to do *that*, are you? -Ken +More Julius Boos wrote: Reply-To : Discussion of aroids Sent : Sunday, May 21, 2006 4:52 PM To : Discussion of aroids Subject : [Aroid-l] Re: titanum at ebay Germany Dear Friends, Contary to common belief and most literature, A. titanum can be made to and does produce offsets. Craig Allen, who used to be at Fairchild Tropical Garden in Miami, and who was one of if not THE best A. titanum grower who I know of, reported the following on his cultivation methods for this species. The artice appears in an older issue of 'Aroideana'. If you wanted a major increase in tuber size and possible blooming (and who does not dream of that!), you should use an over-sized potting container. By accident, Craig found that if you under-potted a tuber of A. titanum in too small a pot, the tuber would then grow in this constricted space, but oftentimes would split into several/many offsets. Julius W.P.B., FLORIDA That first ebay plant is not a titanum, for sure. You can clearly see scars from where offsets were removed and titanum doesn't produce offsets. The tuber is so dirty I won't hazard an ID, but a dirty konjac could look like that. -Ken<< StroWi@t-online.de wrote: Thanks, Ken, Marek and Lord P(lant taxonomist), and look what I found now: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&itemw68589111&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 A konjac or something else? Some titanum were offered around the time of the bloom of the triple flower bud titanum in Bonn; some before the bloom in Bonn for 40 to 52 Euro and one after the bloom; that had some effect: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&itemw66324186&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 Good growing, Bernhard. _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Steve Lucas Exotic Rainforest" steve at exoticrainforest.com> on 2006.05.22 at 00:15:07(14268) I am trying to help a fellow "plant nut" try to ID an anthurium in his collection. This anthurium was once ID'd as Anthurium huixtlense, but based on a photo of that plant on Dewey Fisk's website likely is not that specie. As you can see, it is a large, upright type, not vining. The plant's owner placed his hand in one photo for scale. The leaf is thick and is leather like. The top lobes always seem to overlap on large leaves, not on smaller ones. The leaf with the hand in the photo measured at not quite 2 ft long and 13 inches wide. The plant is 4 feet tall from the soil level. The plant is possibly found in nature in the Virgin Islands. Any help with an ID would be appreciated. Steve Lucas +More www.ExoticRainforest.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l Attachment: Anthurium unknown.JPG Description: JPEG image Attachment: Anthurium unknown 2.JPG Description: JPEG image Attachment: Anthurium unknown 3.JPG Description: JPEG image _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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