Re: Amorphophallus bulbifer stories

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 2000.07.14 at 22:48:13(5104) Dear Lord P (Richard the Great??), There is an Amorphophallus here in Florida much like A. bulbifer in that it produces bulbils on the leaf 'joints' that does produce a BEAUTIFUL, tall, chalice-like bloom that smells WONDERFUL, quite unlike the stench of A. bulbifer. It is sold by Charlie Mc Daniel at Shows as the 'Good-smelling A. bulbifer'. Any ideas?? Cheers, Julius +More Lord P says........"both species are horrendous stinkers. The smell consisting of organic sulphides that make your head spin! Whoever claims that either of these species has a sweet scent.........needs a thorough nose-job. I don't think this is the way to distinguish them." ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Sent: donderdag 13 juli 2000 4:04 Subject: Re: Amorphophallus bulbifer stories > I thought that the "sweet smelling" Amorphophallus bulbifers are really A. > muelleri. Seems like this has been mentioned before. The two species are very > similar and muelleri has often been distributed as bulbifer. > > Is this right? I just changed names on some plants here at Selby from Amorph. > bulbifer to muelleri based on the smell. They flowered last month. > > Lord P tell me I have not made a big mistake! > > Donna Atwood > > << My bulbifers, incidentally, came from > Wilbert's distribution of seeds (Thanks Wilbert!) about 4 or 5 years ago in > which > they were initially identified as "A. variabilis", until they all started > coming up > pink. This is their first year for flowers, with tubers about 6" to 6.5" in > diameter. The flowers are things of great beauty, and not too putrid. > > Walter G. in Pittsburgh, PA >> > > > >

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