Re: Synandrospadix

From: Tony Avent tony at plantdel.com> on 2002.06.13 at 19:41:51(8994) Julius: Interesting that you have seen Synandrospadix reach 3-4' tall. While in Northwest Argentina this spring, the largest specimens that we saw were just under 2' tall. These appeared to be old mature clumps. What was the country of origin of these 3-4' tall specimens? It would not surprise me to see larger specimens from milder climates. It was amazing to see these growing in dry full sun, often coming up in the middle of a heavily traveled gravel road. +More At 10:37 AM 6/13/02 -0500, you wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- >From: >To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L >Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 5:17 PM >Subject: Synandrospadix > > >Dear Geoff, > >Thanks for sharing this nice photo! Just for the general information, this >looks to be a young but mature plant, this sp. can get to 3-4ft (over 1 m) >tall and about 3 ft (1 M ) wide! The one Bobby had was this size before it >was devastated by a nematode attack, it had about six or more blooms at >different stages all at one time! >Good growing, > >Julius > >>>Dear aroiders, >I was at the Botanic gardens in Kew today and thanks to the kindness of the >staff there I was given a tour of the aroid houses. Among the many treasures >there, in full flower, were two magnificent specimens of Synandrospadix >vermitoxicus. The smell of the flowers was very unusual, like an intense and >concentrated mushroom odour, not particularly unpleasant and I would imagine >attractive to fungus gnats. I cant wait till my own seedlings reach such >perfection! For anyone who wishes to see the photo I took its posted at: >HREF="http://members.aol.com/Geoffaroid/synandrospadix.jpg"> >http://members.aol.com/Geoffaroid/synandrospadix.jpg > >Best wishes, >Geoffrey Kibby >London > > > > > Tony Avent Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, NC 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdel.com phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent

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