Re: AMORPHOPHALLUS @ Fairchild Tropical Garden

From: plantnut at macconnect.com (plantnut) on 2000.04.27 at 03:40:44(4442) I've said enough.... I'm bowing out of this one.... Dewey >But then, on the other hand, hybridization studies would lead to an +More >understanding of interspecific relationships and evolution within the genus. >I mean, don't you people believe in sex? > > > > >> I agree with the below message!!!!!!!!!! >> Dewey >> >> >The first person to distribute hybridised Amorphophalluses will have to >> >watch his/her back for the rest of his/her life..................or must >> >learn all twohundred REAL species by heart!!!!! >> > >> >Wilbert >> > >> > >> > >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: Scott Hyndman >> >To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L >> >Sent: woensdag 26 april 2000 5:05 >> >Subject: Re: AMORPHOPHALLUS @ Fairchild Tropical Garden >> > >> > >> >> Your idea is an interesting one, but keep in mind that without the very >> >> careful documentation of proposed Amorphophallus hybrids, the taxonomy >> >could >> >> become very confused, just as it is already in the many hybrids that >exist >> >> of Anthurium, Caladium, and Spathiphyllum. >> >> >> >> Regards, Scott >> >> >> >> -------------------- >> >> Mr. Scott E. Hyndman >> >> Vero Beach, Florida, USA >> >> USDA Hardiness Zone 10a >> >> E-mail: >> >> >> >> >> >> > From: "Bonaventure W Magrys" >> >> > Reply-To: aroid-l@mobot.org >> >> > Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 18:35:16 -0500 (CDT) >> >> > To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L >> >> > Subject: Re: AMORPHOPHALLUS @ Fairchild Tropical Garden >> >> > >> >> > Dear Craig, >> >> > Anthurium, Spathiphyllum, Caladium, and Calla, are among aroid genera >> >which >> >> > have >> >> > horticulturally benefited greatly from a program of hybridization and >> >> > breeding. >> >> > Now that you have several species of Amorphophallus and relatives >> >blooming or >> >> > ready to, together, howbout saving pollen from one and putting it on >> >others >> >> > when >> >> > receptive, to produce hybrids? >> >> > The benefits, at least, may turn out to be hybrid vigor and decreased >> >> > maturation >> >> > time. Many unexpected surprises turn up also. >> >> > There would probably be a ready market for such seed or seedlings as >> >many of >> >> > us >> >> > would be eager to grow up some of these.......... >> >> > >> >> > Bonaventure W. Magrys >> >> > Elizabeth, NJ zone 6 >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AMORPHOPHALLUS @ Fairchild Tropical Garden >> >> > >> >> > The growing season has started along the bay in Miami. I?ve been out >of >> >town >> >> > for several weeks and during that time the amorphophallus collection >> >began >> >> > to break dormancy. I made a list of the species that are blooming, >are >> >about >> >> > to bloom, and or just finished. >> >> > >> >> > FG 941491 Amorphophallus gigas "inflorescence now 76" tall, >spadix >> >> > showing but not mature" (ID84) >> >> > SOURCE: Don Evans: when the Wilbert Hetterscheid & Dr James Symon >> >expedition >> >> > brought back seeds of the A, titanium, these seeds were included. >> >9/13/93 >> >> > BLOOM PERIOD: 5/99; 6/99; 4/24/2000 >> >> > HORTICULTURE: All reports given to me say it is hard to keep alive. >> >> > * It will be at tonight's IAS meeting (4/24/2000) >> >> > ..................................................... >> >> > >> >> > Amorphophallus haematospadix (syn.: A. siamensis) FG 961039 - >> >> > inflorescence now 13", spadix just beginning to show (ID2149) >> >> > SOURCE: Mike McLaughlin, Allen Howard, Jack Fisher: Malaysia: State >of >> >> > Perlis: Gua Kelam Recreation Area: Mata Ayer Forest Preserve. 3 May >> >1996. >> >> > BLOOM PERIOD: 4/99; 4/2000 >> >> > DESCRIPTION: striking slender inflorescence, slender leathery leaves >> >are >> >> > unmistakable. In 1999 the first inflorescence was produced. It lasted >> >longer >> >> > than most species, more than a week. Over all it is 30" tall, taller >> >than >> >> > any Mike saw in the rainforest. The stem is 18" the actual >inflorescence >> >> > 12". The spadix is 1.25" thick, 10" long smooth and colored a deep >> >> > burgundy/purple. The spathe is white aging to lavender, darker >towards >> >the >> >> > base. The bloom stalk like the leaf has no mottling. It has a >fragrance >> >much >> >> > like rotting fruit, not of carrion as is common on many other >species. >> >> > ..................................................... >> >> > >> >> > FG 961019 Amorphophallus sp. "inflorescence still wrapped in >> >sheath" >> >> > (ID2313) >> >> > SOURCE: Dr. L. G. Saw; Collected Malaysia: state of Perlis: Guar >Jentik: >> >> > Kaki Bukit. Malaysia Expedition 1996 (Jack Fisher, Allen Howard, >Mike >> >> > McLaughlin) 5/4/96. >> >> > BLOOM PERIOD: 4/21/98; 5/13/98; 4/24/2000; >> >> > DESCRIPTION: When it bloomed in 4/98, it looked very much like >(ID2314) >> >> > Looks similar to the A. prainii listed in Aroidiana Vol. 19, p. 112. >> >> > ..................................................... >> >> > >> >> > FG 961022 Amorphophallus sp. ?11inch inflorescence still tightly >> >wrapped >> >> > in sheath? (ID2314) >> >> > SOURCE: Dr. L.G. Saw Malaysia: State of Perlis: Gua Kelam >Recreational >> >> > Area: Mata Ayer Forest Preserve. Malayasia Expedition 1006 (Jack >Fisher, >> >> > Allen Howard, Mike McLaughlin) 16. 5/3/96. >> >> > BLOOM PERIOD: 4/18/98; 4/24/2000 >> >> > DESCRIPTION: (Looks similar to the A, prainii listed in Aroidiana >Vol. >> >19, >> >> > p. 112.) Looks much like (ID2313) 961019 but with out the recurved >> >spathe >> >> > edge. The tuber is a very symmetrical pumpkin shape. The depression >at >> >the >> >> > top is very deep. >> >> > ??????????????. >> >> > >> >> > FG 80198 Sauromatum guttatum "several bloomed while I was away >> >another >> >> > looks ready in 3-5 days" (ID1961) >> >> > COMMON NAME: Voodoo Lily, Monarch of the East >> >> > SOURCE: Dr. Jim French, from horticulture BLOOM PERIOD: 5/98; >6/98; >> >> > 3/2000 >> >> > DESCRIPTION: Inflorescence last only 1 or 2 days, smells like urine >> >> > ???????????????. >> >> > >> >> > (ID2741) Amorphophallus sp. ?in full bloom, inflorescence about >> >10-12? >> >> > SOURCE: Donated by Dewey Fisk: SLY 515 collected by Si-Lin Yang. >Catba >> >> > Islands, Vietnam, collected on Oct. 20, 1994 >> >> > BLOOM PERIOD: 4/24/2000 >> >> > DESCRIPTION: Inflorescence is a small A. peonifolius >> >> > ???????????????? >> >> > >> >> > FG 961266 Amorphophallus sp. ?just about finished blooming. >> >Inflorescence >> >> > is 32? tall? (ID2312) >> >> > SOURCE: Dr. Si-Lin Yang wild collected in Thailand, Chaing Mai. >> >> > DESCRIPTION: Looks like A. yunnanensis, Aroidiana Vol. 19, 1996 pp. >> >127-8 >> >> > ????????????????. >> >> > >> >> > FG 97630 Amorphophallus variabilis ?inflorescence is 19? >tall, >> >> > spadix beginning to show? (ID2352) >> >> > SOURCE: Reggie Whitehead and Tom Moore collected in Java' Cibadak, >6/97 >> >> > BLOOM PERIOD: 5/19/98; 4/24/2000 >> >> > DESCRIPTION: not a large species >> >> > ...................................................... >> >> > >> >> > FG 961201 Amorphophallus lambii Araceae ? several plants have >> >bloomed >> >> > this spring, they are all finished blooming. The inflorescence >averaged >> >12? >> >> > (ID2307) >> >> > SOURCE: Dr. Jack Fisher: wild collected Malaysia: Sabah: Gua >Gomantung. >> >> > Slope, deep forest shade. Inflorescence 35 cm. tall. Malaysia >Expedition >> >> > 1996 ( Jack Fisher, Allen Howard, Mike McLaughlin) BLOOM PERIOD: >E >> >> > 4/22/98; B 3/30/99; C 4/14/99; 8/99; 4/2000 >> >> > HORTICULTURE: The Aroidiana Vol. 19 mentions that this is a species >> >that >> >> > does not thrive in cultivation. The article mentions that they seen >to >> >> > decline for some unknown reason. >> >> > DESCRIPTION: Amorphophallus lambii is one that gets large. The >> >> > inflorescence has a distinct smell of urine. I noticed when B bloomed >in >> >> > 3/99, the odor was slight in the day but started getting much >stronger >> >about >> >> > 5 PM. >> >> > >> >> > Craig M. Allen >> >> > Conservatory Manager >> >> > Fairchild Tropical Garden >> >> > 10901 Old Cutler Road >> >> > Coral Gables, Florida 33156-4296 >> >> > Tel. 305-667-1651 ext. 3320 >> >> > Fax 305-661-8953 >> >> > e-mail conserv@netrox.net >> >> > web: www.ftg.org >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Dewey E. 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