Re: Xanthosoma lindenii

From: plantnut at macconnect.com (plantnut) on 2000.07.12 at 02:28:54(5054) My two cents worth.... Xanthosoma lindenii... is not really a Xanthosoma. Dr. M. Madison put it into Caladium years ago. This might help you with the culture. Treat it as a Caladium. Dewey +More >-----Original Message----- >From: Plantsman >To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L >Date: Monday, July 10, 2000 11:40 PM >Subject: Xanthosoma lindenii > > >Dear David, > >It grows in nature as an understory plant in tropical jungle, so IDEAL >conditions might be air as close to 100% humidity as possible (mist), keep >soil well-drained but moist, temps in the high 80`s, highish (low 80`s) temp >at night also, and bright light/no sun! Circ. of air with a fan would be >good also. I heard stories of a grower using a contraption of a mist/wall >of circ. water that cooled and humidified his g/house that grew these to a >giant size, he amazed people when he exibited them at the Aroid show in >Miami (before my time!). > >Good luck. > >Cheers, > >Julius > > >neighborhood K-Mart of all places and it was a really large >robust plant and was marked as "Tropical Foliage". It must have >at least a half-dozen individual shoots with very nice healthy >leaves. I was just about in shock when I saw it sitting there >(they had two of them). My first question is if anyone has any >cultural hints for this attractive plant here in northeast TN >where it's been in the 90?'s F for awhile. The second one is >when I receive this list, it appears that conversations have >taken place between people on the list and even get to see >picture attachments. I see the note where the letter has an >attachment but no way to see it. Maybe I'm missing out on >something in the way that this works. > >Thanks, > >David Sizemore >plantsman@prodigy.net Your source for Tropical Araceae. You are invited to visit:

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