Re: [aroid-l] Amorphophallus

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2003.08.01 at 11:41:43(10466) Oh Boy(ce), And there I was thinking one is never too old to live.......... P, Lord +More > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: aroid-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu > [mailto:aroid-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu]Namens Peter C Boyce > Verzonden: vrijdag 1 augustus 2003 12:53 > Aan: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu > Onderwerp: Re: [aroid-l] Amorphophallus > > > Lord Phallulphides > > I'm afraid I lost the will to live around about the fifth line... > > I apologize. > > Peter > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" > To: > Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 10:02 AM > Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Amorphophallus > > > > > > > > I must then ask this question----is there perhaps a var. or > > > clone of A. bulbifer that produces a pleasant smelling > > > bloom??? I know that Charile, here in WPB, used to or still > > > grows plants that look to all intents and purposes like A. > > > bulbifer, but produce a VERY beautiful flask-like bloom, > > > peach/orange colored, and it emits a GOOD smell! He had one > > > in bloom for sale at a plant show at our local Bot. Garden > > > about two or three years ago. I shall discuss this matter > > > w/ Charlie, and perhaps try to obtain a plant! > > > > I have to admit to not being confronted with too many clones of A. > bulbifer > > and it would be imaginable that there are "good" smelling ones. The > chemical > > composition of the plants we tested consists almost entirely of > > dimethyltrisulphide (96%), 2% dimethyldisulphide and 1% > > dimethyltetrasulphide. Now my experience is that species in > which the > > content of dimethyltetrasulphide is higher, a certain > "sweetness" develops > > but it is a very delicate balance with nauseaous. I also > found that bad > > smelling plants change their odour sometimes when the bloom ages and > usually > > also ends up "sweetish". My guess is that the amount of the > tetrasulphide > > relative to the other two sulphides determines this > sweetness. There is > > absolute variation in the tetrasulphide amount in certain > species, so > indeed > > you may have clones in bulbifer with more sweetness. Having > said all that, > I > > don't like the tetrasulphide sweetness at all. It is too > close to nausea. > > > > Well, I hope you learned you sulphides lesson here!! > > > > Lord Phallulphides > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Julius > > > > > > >>The bloom is not unlike that of bulbifer, even to the > > > point of having a > > > pinkish interior (and sometimes exterior, see the IAS > > > website!!!) but a more > > > distinct constriction between base and limb. The smell is > > > as horrid as > > > bulbifer and those who think it is "good smelling" probably > > > originate from > > > Uranus................(no pun intended..........I think....). > > > > > > Lord P<< > > > > > > > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > > > Van: aroid-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu > > > > [mailto:aroid-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu]Namens Julius Boos > > > > Verzonden: donderdag 31 juli 2003 7:58 > > > > Aan: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu > > > > Onderwerp: Re: [aroid-l] Amorphophallus > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Wilbert Hetterscheid > > > > To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu > > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 11:25 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Amorphophallus > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Lord P, > > > > > > > > Does not A. muelleri also produce a pleasant smelling, > > > > beautifully colored peach/orange bloom? It used to be > > > > referred to around here as the 'good-smelling A. bulbifer'. > > > > > > > > Julius > > > > WPB, > > > > FLORIDA > > > > > > > > >>That could be Am. muelleri but there are also striped > > > > forms of bulbifer. > > > > > > > > Wilbert<< > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > > > > Van: aroid-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu > > > > > [mailto:aroid-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu]Namens > Lowell McCormick > > > > > Verzonden: donderdag 31 juli 2003 2:46 > > > > > Aan: Blind.Copy.Receiver@compuserve.com > > > > > Onderwerp: [aroid-l] Amorphophallus > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Howdy all, > > > > > > > > > > Last winter someone posted a message on the identity > > > of an Amorpho > > > > > that produces bulbils on the top of the leaf like A. > > > > > bulbifer, but the stem > > > > > is very dark green and light green vertical streaks. It > > > > > also comes up > > > > > later in the spring than A. bulbifer. Can anyone tell me > > > > > what this species > > > > > is again? It seems I wasn't smart enough to tag the > > > > plant or save the > > > > > message. > > > > > > > > > > TIA, > > > > > > > > > > Mary > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > E-mail from: Lowell McCormick, 30-Jul-2003 > > > > > >

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