Re: Amorph. titanum at Huntington BG

From: Michael Marcotrigiano <marcotrigiano at pssci.umass.edu> on 1999.07.30 at 20:48:31(3548) Tissue cultured Amorphophallus would look like tiny dormant tubers not an ovoid seed. They would be rough coated not smooth. At 01:34 PM 7/30/99 -0500, you wrote: +More >Dewey et al., > >In reply to Dewey's inquiry: >>We are trying to trace the seed that you planted... Can you tell us where >>you got it? Would appreciate any info that you give. > >I received 3 seeds from Palmengarten's index seminum in 1993; at least I >assumed they were seeds. Kathy Musial of HBG received a broken-English >email from them to the effect that they distributed tissue-cultured >bulblets. Here is my reply to Kathy: > >I assumed they were seeds, but I confess I don't know what Amorphophallus >seeds look like. They were all the same size, about 4 cm ovoids if I >remember correctly. There was no pulp but I assumed they had cleaned the >seeds. Though they began to sprout within a couple of weeks, it took a full >year for the first leaf of each to mature and the second to begin, after >which time growth was exponential. > >They behaved like different clones too. Of the two I've had for the last >six years, one stopped dividing early on and raced to become the giant >specimen you now have. The other plant, grown beside the first, is still >dividing into 2 or 3 tubers each growth cycle and the one I still have >weighs only a couple of pounds compared to your 37-pounder. > >If they are the same clone, I wonder if we could tell by comparing the >markings on the petiole? The several A. paeoniifolius I've had over the >years showed quite a bit of pattern variation. > >I guess the best solution to getting an answer would be to find someone to >query Palmengarten in German. (Kathy is doing that.) > > >*************************************************************** >Mark Dimmitt Tucson, Arizona USA >Business e-mail: mdimmitt@desertmuseum.org > >*************************************************************** > > > ************************************************************* Michael Marcotrigiano (email: marcotrigiano@pssci.umass.edu) Professor Rm 211 French Hall Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences Univ of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003 USA ------------------------------------ voice: 413-545-5227 fax: 413-545-3075 att: Michael Marcotrigiano

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