[Aroid-l] Anchomanes difformis var.welwitschii

From: hetter at xs4all.nl (Wilbert Hetterscheid) on 2008.07.29 at 14:12:38(18281) Hi Erin, In Anch. difformis thinner longer and thicker shorter rhizomes are found indeed but I do not know if they correlate exactly with morphological variants. In order to assess of you have the real var. welwitschii, pictures of the naughty bits inside the spathe are necessary (should have a very short style). It is a tad questionable of var. welwitschii is really not just the other end of a continuous chain of variation or, the opposite, is a good species in its own right. Not much known about Anchomanes variation in fact! Cheerio, Wilbert +More > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com > [mailto:aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com] Namens E.Vincent Morano > Verzonden: dinsdag 29 juli 2008 3:07 > Aan: Discussion of aroids > Onderwerp: Re: [Aroid-l] Anchomanes difformis var.welwitschii > > Fascinating Wilbert, thank you! It has come to my attention > that there are two different kinds. One with a long rhizome > and one with a short and squat rhizome. Mine has the short > and squat rhizome. Does this sound like hte correct name for > the one I have? > Here is the picture provided on the sellers website. > http://store02.prostores.com/servlet/naturalselectionsexotics/ > the-61/aroids%2C-amorphophallus%2C-tuber/Detail > Thank you, > Erin > > --- On Mon, 7/28/08, Wilbert Hetterscheid wrote: > > > From: Wilbert Hetterscheid > Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Anchomanes difformis var.welwitschii > To: "Discussion of aroids" > Date: Monday, July 28, 2008, 12:36 AM > > > Provided the identification is correct (!!??), it is a > species (A. > difformis in all its forms and varieties) from the wet > forests. So you can > put the rhizome in soil, keep it modertately moist and > wait untill root > growth starts (if there are no roots on your specimen). > Then intensify > watering a little untill the leaf emerges, then water freely. > > Cheerio, > Wilbert > > > > Does anyone know how to grow this? The seller's > website I got it from > says > > it is from from Tropical Africa. Its a nice size bulb > but it had moss > > growing on it. That tells me that it was partially > exposed. Some bulbs are > > supposed to grow this way but I dont know whith this > one. The seller has > > ignored all my emails so they were probably just > winging it and dont know > > either. There is only one > person selling this on the internet. Do a search > > fot Anchomanes difformis var.welwitschii and you'll > find them. But > dont > > bother asking them anything, customer service seems > nonexsistant. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Aroid-L mailing list > > Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > > >

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