[Aroid-l] amorph gigas/ goetzei

From: donbit121 at hotmail.com (Don Bittel) on 2007.09.09 at 02:07:39(16245) Dear All, thanks for your ID of the amorph henryi. I've grown that one before but it was years ago that it flowered. I guess I was hoping this was goetzei, since it wasn't the gigas that I thought I had. I'll have to razz Tom if he's at the show about him sending me the wrong form of gigas! and I didn't keep the scarab beetle. Don +More >From: "D. Christopher Rogers" >Reply-To: Discussion of aroids >To: "Discussion of aroids" >Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] amorph gigas/ goetzei >Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 10:20:02 -0700 > >Hello, Don! > >It looks more like A. henryi to me. By the way . . . the scarab in the >infloresence is probably an Onthophagus. If you kept the beetle, and send >it >to me, I can probably put a name on it. Its what I do professionally, and I >really love scarabs. > >Happy days, >Christopher > >D. Christopher Rogers >Invertebrate Ecologist/Taxonomist >((,///////////=====< > >EcoAnalysts, Inc. >(530) 406-1178 >707 Dead Cat Alley >Suite 201 >Woodland, CA 95695 USA > >? Invertebrate Taxonomy >? Invertebrate Ecological Studies >? Bioassessment and Study Design >? Endangered Invertebrate Species >? Invasive Invertebrate Species >? Periphyton/ Phytoplankton >? Zooplankton > > >Moscow, ID ? Bozeman, MT ? Woodland, CA ? Joplin, MO ? Selinsgrove, PA >www.ecoanalysts.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com >[mailto:aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com]On Behalf Of Don Bittel >Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 7:44 PM >To: aroid-l at gizmoworks.com >Subject: [Aroid-l] amorph gigas/ goetzei > >Dear all, > A couple years ago I received an amorphophallus tuber from Dr. Croat >that was labeled gigas. It grew well last summer, but was still a small >plant when it went dormant. To my surprise it flowered and fruited this >year. But it surely is not gigas. The flower most resembles goetzei, and >has >many bumps or warts inside the lower spathe. It set seed with no help, and >the fruits are a bright blue color. Has anyone else grown this or know the >correct species? I would like to include some of the fruits/seeds in the >aroid banquet auction. Thanks. > >Don Bittel > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get a FREE small business Web site and more from Microsoft. Office Live! >http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/aub0930003811mrt/direct/01/ > >_______________________________________________ >Aroid-L mailing list >Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com >http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _________________________________________________________________ Kick back and relax with hot games and cool activities at the Messenger Caf?. http://www.cafemessenger.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_SeptHMtagline1

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