RE: For dracontium nuts

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2002.04.05 at 20:58:31(8482) O.k., now that Julius has established that size matters, my Taccarum caudatum creates inflorescences of 1 meter long!!!!!!!!! Can your friend match that? Cheerio, Wilbert +More > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: aroid-l@mobot.org [mailto:aroid-l@mobot.org]Namens Julius Boos > Verzonden: vrijdag 5 april 2002 3:16 > Aan: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L > Onderwerp: Re: For dracontium nuts > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: john s. smolowe > To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 11:35 AM > Subject: Re: For dracontium nuts > > > OK---here we go---First off, as Wilbert suggested and Susan > confirmed, the > photo is of D gigas, one of the two giant species of > Dracontium found only > in Cen. America (the other is D. pittieri, more on that > later). I have a > photo of a small-looking Caucasian man standing at the side > of a plant of D. > gigas in bloom, the top of the spathe is at his mouth-level, > so say close to > 5 ft. tall?! The petiole (only the base is visible) must be > at least 12+ > ft tall, and is as thick as his forarm! > D. pittieri`s photo shows an infloresence held by two > latin-looking men, > the top of the spathe is at least 9 ft. tall. The leaf is > reported to be > as big/tall as D. gigas, the difference is that D. gigas has an > inflorescence shorter than the petiole, while D. pittieri has an > inflorescence as tall as the petiole, and the spathe is more > boat-shaped/pointed. > We auctioned plants of D. gigas last Sept. at the IAS show in Miami!! > They are sometimes available from 'nuts' on this list. > WONDERFUL genus, > all 23 or so of them!! > The other 'odd-ball' S. American genera such as Taccarum, > Synandrospadix, > Gorgonidium, etc. are also wonderfully strange aroids!! My > buddy Bobby`s > FANTASTIC Taccarums, the largest I have seen or heard of in > cultivation, > are just coming up, the short, paper-like blooms with a tall, 'shaggy' > spadix will soon follow, and with luck seed will be > available in fall!! > > Julius > > >>Can someone please estimate the size of that Dracontium > pitteri flower? > In the photo it looks greater than 18" - ie huge - but that > may just be > the camera perspective. And if it is that big, where can I > get one &/or > at least read more about that species? > > John > > > > "Cooper, Susan L." wrote: > > > > Someone just emailed me a link to this photo > > http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/courses/tour/Dracontium.html#anchor1295162 > check out those glorious petioles! > > susan

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