Re: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus cuture and location reply

From: "Julius Boos" <ju-bo at msn.com> on 2006.12.11 at 00:04:53(14904) Reply-To : Discussion of aroids Sent : Sunday, December 10, 2006 8:19 PM To : "Discussion of aroids" Subject : Re: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus cuture and location reply Dear Bernhard, There seems to be a certain strain of A. paeoniifolius that has been around for many years. These plants do grow to an exceptional size, much larger than 'regular" A. paeoniifolius. There is a photo of the famous Craig Phillips standing next to one which is misidentified as being A. titanum, it appears in an early issue of Aroideana. MANY years ago this strain was actually sold as being A. titanum. The one at Farichild (from memory!) was at least 6-7ft. (2 m +) tall, the dia. of the petiole at the base maybe about 20 cm. The Best, Julius +More Dear Julius, thanks for the explanation..... So, was that paeoniifolius you (poor guys had to move) of that size? I did not realize yet that they can grow that big. Happy growing, Bernhard. -----Original Message----- Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:46:38 +0100 Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus cuture and location reply > From : LARIANN GARNER Reply-To : Discussion of aroids Sent : Saturday, December 9, 2006 11:50 PM To : Discussion of aroids Subject : Re: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus cuture and location question Dear Bernhard, Greetings! Good eyes, Lariann, that is certainly one of Fairchild`s A. titanums in their green-house!!. The 'error' might have occured a few years ago, when just before a Sept. IAS show and sale, I helped Ron Weeks, Reggie and others transport a HUGE specimen of A. paeoniifolius from this same area to the main display salon, together w/ one of their A. titanums, so a simple mix-up of these visitors photos might have resulted in this error in ID. Good Growing, Julius > > Bernhard, That picture's location is the rare plant house at Fairchild Tropical Garden, and that plant is one of their specimens of Amorphophallus titanum. I've been in that place enough times to recognize it without a doubt. Best regards, LariAnn Garner Aroidia Research http://aroidiaresearch.org StroWi@t-online.de wrote: Aroiders, someone posted the following link in a German exotic plants forum: http://people.freenet.de/neffez01/wasistdas.jpg The comment was that ist shows a paeoniifolius, but to my humble opinion it looks too tall for a paeoniifolius and the leaf looks rather strange for a paeoniifolius. Any comments? And would someone know the location where the picture was taken? Good growing, Bernhard. _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l Reply | Reply All | Forward Go to previous message | Go to next message | Delete | Inbox Get the latest updates from MSN MSN Home | My MSN | Hotmail | Search | Shopping | Money | People & Chat Feedback | Help © 2006 Microsoft TERMS OF USE Advertise TRUSTe Approved Privacy Statement GetNetWise Anti-Spam Policy _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l Reply | Reply All | Forward Go to previous message | Go to next message | Delete | Inbox Get the latest updates from MSN MSN Home | My MSN | Hotmail | Search | Shopping | Money | People & Chat Feedback | Help © 2006 Microsoft TERMS OF USE Advertise TRUSTe Approved Privacy Statement GetNetWise Anti-Spam Policy _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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