Re: [Aroid-l] Sauromatums, hardy and giant

From: Tony Avent tony at plantdelights.com> on 2005.07.11 at 11:28:49(13168) David: The giant sauromatum's do offset, but at a much slower rate than the typical species. +More At 02:21 AM 7/10/2005 -0400, you wrote: >Tony, don't these giants produce scads of offsets like the more common >version? > >David Sizemore >Kingsport, TN >Zone 6a > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Tony Avent" >To: "Discussion of aroids" >Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 7:16 AM >Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Sauromatums, hardy and giant > > >> Steve: >> >> Great question about the giant form of Sauromatum. We coined the term >> after measuring plants that we had ordered from an Indian Nursery several >> years ago. There were differences in the size of the leaf, the edge of >the >> leaf, the size of the flower, the type of stem pattern, etc. We thought >> that these would come true from seed, but after 3 years, we find this is >> not the case and have stopped selling them for now. You can see still see >> photos on our website. It is possible that they are cross pollinating with >> the normal types in our garden. It is my assumption that they come from >> some part of India, but I have been to this region to study the plants in >> the wild. In our garden, the giant ones are astonishing. I guess I will >> have to resort to tissue culture. I hope someone who has studied these in >> the wild will comment further. >> >> Tony Avent >> Plant Delights Nursery @ >> Juniper Level Botanic Garden >> 9241 Sauls Road >> Raleigh, NC 27603 USA >> Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F >> Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F >> USDA Hardiness Zone 7b >> email tony@plantdelights.com >> website http://www.plantdel.com >> phone 919 772-4794 >> fax 919 772-4752 >> "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least >> three times" - Avent > >_______________________________________________ >Aroid-l mailing list >Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com >http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > Tony Avent Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, NC 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdel.com phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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