Re: [aroid-l] ZZ Plant

From: Plantbob at aol.com on 2002.09.06 at 20:28:58(9354) Hi, I do the ordering for all of the tropical plants for the Home Depot greenhouse in Upper Darby, Pa. I have been ordering the ZZ plant for about 6 month now in 10" pots. They sell for $12.96 and do sell fast. When we first received them as 'assorted foliage', I had to call the growers in Florida. Even they had doubts as to what it was. After talking to the "hort guy" (in charge of growing) at the grower, I was able to obtain the real name, Zamioculcas zamiifolia. He stated that the growth habit is shade and let the soil dry before watering. I know the foliage growers in Fl. have giant shade houses, so I assume that is where they would grow the ZZ. It would be nice to hear from one of the Fl. commercial foliage growers for their comment. Bob K

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