Re: [Aroid-l] Synandrospadix vermitoxicus

From: Christopher Rogers <branchiopod at gmail.com> on 2011.01.10 at 14:54:32(21724) Dear Al, I inadvertently stumbled across a bed of a few dozen plants at an abandoned home/park area east of the La Serena/ Coquimbo area in 2007. It was obviously an ornamental planting. The area was near a stream that joined the Elqui River, and I had been directed there as someplace people had gone to fish. I was looking for crustaceans and found plenty! I really could not tell you how to get back there. I was directed there by a fellow who I met at my hotel in Coquimbo. The only other aroids I found in Chile were Lemna.. Happy days, Christopher HTML +More On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Alwyn Wootten wrote: Hi Christopher Thanks for the advice! Where did you find Syandrospadix in Chile? I didn't know that they ranged there; I spend a fair amount of time near San Pedro in the North but I have not seen any in Chile (wild or cultivated). Clear skies, Al -- Al Wootten, Joint ALMA Observatory Santiago and San Pedro de Atacama, Chile This email is made of 100% unrecycled words. Please dispose of it thoughtfully. On 1/8/11, aroid-l-request@www.gizmoworks.com wrote: > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 08:37:36 -0600 > From: Christopher Rogers > Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Synandrospadix vermitoxicus > To: Discussion of aroids > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Good morning! > > Synandrospadix can be stored dry. I would dust it with cinnamon (cheap > fungicide).. You can leave it in the pot and soil as long as you are not > watering it or keeping it where it will absorb lots of moisture. Just keep > it cool (never cold). This is true for all dry dormant species. In the > wild, they do not unbury themselves. It is a good idea though, for many > horticulturalists to do store the tuber dry if the pot will get cold, or > absorb moisture from below the pot, or get splashed when other plants are > watered. It is also a good idea to unpot the dormant tuber to look for rot > or pests. Besides, the plant benefits from the new soil mixture from > repotting. But like I said, it is not necessarily required. > > I really love Synandrospadix. It is one of my favorites. My first plant came > from Enid. I later collected some in Chile. > > Happy days, > Christopher > > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Alwyn Wootten wrote: > >> Happy New Decade all! >> >> A year ago, my colleague Fred Schwab planted a few S. v. seeds I >> received via this list and nurtured them along while I went on an >> extended work trip to Chile. One plant died back several weeks ago as >> expected; Fred checked the pot today and found a nice tuber of several >> inches diameter. The tuber clearly needs repotting--any advice here? >> Store as is until spring, as I would A. konjac? Pot it up? Leave dry >> but potted until spring? >> >> I posted a photo to the Aroid Socy Facebook page. >> >> Clear skies, >> Al >> _______________________________________________ >> Aroid-L mailing list >> Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com >> http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l >> > > > > -- > D. Christopher Rogers > ((,///////////======= 785.864.1714 > Crustacean Taxonomist and Ecologist > Kansas Biological Survey > Kansas University, Higuchi Hall > 2101 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047-3759 USA > http://www.kbs.ku.edu/people/html/profile_rogers.htm > http://www.cpcb.ku.edu/ > > Associate Editor, Journal of Crustacean Biology > > Vice President, Southwest Association of Freshwater Invertebrate Taxonomists > SAFIT.ORG > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20110107/2e31463e/attachment.htm > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > > > End of Aroid-L Digest, Vol 78, Issue 2 > ************************************** > _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l -- D. Christopher Rogers ((,///////////=======

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