Re: Spring, and the Synandrospadix are blooming ...

From: Eduardo <eggon at guarany.cpd.unb.br> on 1998.04.03 at 20:22:19(2002) Mr R.a McClure wrote: > Two years ago I emailed Eduardo in Brazil to quizz him on this Sth. > American aroid. > He told me it grows from low elevation up to 1500 m, can cope with +More > cold winters and 40 C summers. It flowers from Oct. - Dec. and fruits > in Feb. It is dormant in the cold , dry winter ( May - Sept. ). > > Any more information I have forgotten Eduardo ? No, you didnt forget anything, Rob! I must add an important information. The plant can cope with a wide range of temperature, but I dont think it can grow in a substrate with bad drainage. With the exception of Gearum brasiliense and Spathicarpa lanceolata (that are seasonal water-dwellers), the other Spathicarpeae (like Synandropadix) are always found in well-drained soil. If any of you are willing to grow it on the floor, it is better to put the plant in a slope or provide an extra-drainage in the beds. > > Melbourne is having a cool / mild autumn, a welcome relief from > summer. It still will not rain though. Eduardo will you please take > back your El Nino ! Man, here in Brazil the weather is absolutely crazy. We are having an ultra-hot and ultra-rainy autumn. Yesterday night, the rain was so strong that some tubers was unpotted! (Better say: the tubers still was in their pots, but the soil was out). No thanks, we already have Ninos enough!! Cheers, Eduardo.

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