Re: [aroid-l] Dieffenbachia and skin rash

From: "Julius Boos" <ju-bo at msn.com> on 2004.06.01 at 08:57:10(11544) Reply-To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu To: Subject: [aroid-l] Dieffenbachia and skin rash Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 21:29:29 -0400 Dear Derek, Where did the child get the rash (what area of the body?). This can be a real nasty plant, I have an actual fatality from one bite into a stem from Trinidad, she turned out to be the sister of a friend, the one our parents used as an example as they constantly warned us of the danger of being near this plant. I gave Tom the particulars a while ago, name, age, etc. Dieff. is not to be trifiled with, that`s for sure. Good Growing, Julius +More I have had a question about the possibility of a 2-year old child getting a skin rash that has lasted three weeks from walking barefoot over carpet on which a large dieffenbachia plant in a pot had sat for some years. The carpet was steam cleaned a few weeks before the rash began (I leap to the defense of the plant and blame the cleaner!) I can't imagine enough sap dropping to the carpet and surviving steam cleaning so as to present raphides to the child ... Any comments, please. derek

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