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Date: Friday, February 25, 2005 5:51 am
Subject: RE: [Aroid-l] Eminium lehmanii
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> >To: "Discussion of aroids"
> >Subject: [Aroid-l] Eminium lehmanii
> >Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:44:26 -0500
>
> Dear Dan,
>
> There is a member in Holland who grows these, ask him (wish I
> could remember
> his e-mail!!). These plants grow and bloom in the 'mild' winter
> months of
> their native land, and go dormant in the VERY hot and dry summer,
> so may NOT
> do well for you unless you do all kinds of 'magic' in your winters
> or in a
> super-controlled inviroment. You may want to hold your $$ until
> you
> manage to obtain more info on these 'tricky' genera. For an
> impressive
> Eminium-like plant with a purple spathe and a horrible smell,
> which you are
> looking for, try Dracunculus, it grows WELL in the USA, sometimes
> becomming
> a weed.
> The best, and good growing!!
> Julius
>
> >>Hello fellow aroiders,
> >
> >I was hoping someone could tell me about Eminium lehmanii. It
> has a
> beautiful maroon-black spathe and so I'm sort of smitten with it!!
> I was
> thinking of getting a couple of these for my collection, but they
> are a bit
> pricey and so I'd like all the information I can get before
> committing to a
> purchase. All I know is the ones being offered originally came
> from
> Uzbekistan. Are these summer growers?? How much cold can they
> take?? I
> live in zone 6a in Western Pennsylvania and would like to grow
> them in pots
> for the summer and then store them in the house for the winter
> like an
> Amorph. Thanks in advance for any info you can provide.
> >
> >Dan
> >
> >Daniel Devor
> >Gibsonia, PA
> >zone 6a/5b
> >
> >www.TreasuredBotanicals.com
> >
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