Re: [Aroid-l] An Amorphophallus gigas blooms in California

From: bonaventure at optonline.net on 2009.05.26 at 22:21:30(19370) Great Humifactor!?? No!!!   I hope you get a bloom of a hybrid titanum on gigas-length stem, and it topples over on you.   :-)   Bo   PS what aroid genera are grown specifically for blooms (and foliage sometimes, eg Amorphophallus, Anthurium, Arisaema) but not foliage alone?   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I am not easily ticked off, I am just being a friendly old man. Hey, I have several hybrid Amorphs in our own collection.....but I ain't gonna spread them. They'll die serving science. After their purpose they'll meet with the Great Humificator! HTML +More > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com > [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] Namens > bonaventure@optonline.net > Verzonden: zondag 24 mei 2009 13:06 > Aan: Discussion of aroids > Onderwerp: Re: [Aroid-l] An Amorphophallus gigas blooms in California > > Gee its fun to tick off Wilbert. You sound like one of the > 18th century orchidists "Surely you will drive the botanists mad". >  > Wilbert, these will be only plants in cultivation. I can > think of a few aroid genera extensively hybridized for > manipulation of blooms appearence and cultivation > feasability. Anthurium, Zantedeschia and Spathiphyllum come > to mind. Am I forgeting others? >  > Bo --Boundary_(ID_8/QmO1Ao/crZ1VOhjaMM4w)----==============68418943351085378=

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