Re: AMORPHOPHALLUS @ Fairchild Tropical Garden
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- Subject: Re: AMORPHOPHALLUS @ Fairchild Tropical Garden
- From: p*@macconnect.com (plantnut)
- Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 19:34:31 -0500 (CDT)
I agree with the below message!!!!!!!!!!
Dewey
>The first person to distribute hybridised Amorphophalluses will have to
>watch his/her back for the rest of his/her life..................or must
>learn all twohundred REAL species by heart!!!!!
>
>Wilbert
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Scott Hyndman <hyndman@aroid.org>
>To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L <aroid-l@mobot.org>
>Sent: woensdag 26 april 2000 5:05
>Subject: Re: AMORPHOPHALLUS @ Fairchild Tropical Garden
>
>
>> Your idea is an interesting one, but keep in mind that without the very
>> careful documentation of proposed Amorphophallus hybrids, the taxonomy
>could
>> become very confused, just as it is already in the many hybrids that exist
>> of Anthurium, Caladium, and Spathiphyllum.
>>
>> Regards, Scott
>>
>> --------------------
>> Mr. Scott E. Hyndman
>> Vero Beach, Florida, USA
>> USDA Hardiness Zone 10a
>> E-mail: <hyndman@aroid.org>
>>
>>
>> > From: "Bonaventure W Magrys" <magrysbo@shu.edu>
>> > Reply-To: aroid-l@mobot.org
>> > Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 18:35:16 -0500 (CDT)
>> > To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L <aroid-l@mobot.org>
>> > Subject: Re: AMORPHOPHALLUS @ Fairchild Tropical Garden
>> >
>> > Dear Craig,
>> > Anthurium, Spathiphyllum, Caladium, and Calla, are among aroid genera
>which
>> > have
>> > horticulturally benefited greatly from a program of hybridization and
>> > breeding.
>> > Now that you have several species of Amorphophallus and relatives
>blooming or
>> > ready to, together, howbout saving pollen from one and putting it on
>others
>> > when
>> > receptive, to produce hybrids?
>> > The benefits, at least, may turn out to be hybrid vigor and decreased
>> > maturation
>> > time. Many unexpected surprises turn up also.
>> > There would probably be a ready market for such seed or seedlings as
>many of
>> > us
>> > would be eager to grow up some of these..........
>> >
>> > Bonaventure W. Magrys
>> > Elizabeth, NJ zone 6
>> >
>> >
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AMORPHOPHALLUS @ Fairchild Tropical Garden
>> >
>> > The growing season has started along the bay in Miami. I?ve been out of
>town
>> > for several weeks and during that time the amorphophallus collection
>began
>> > to break dormancy. I made a list of the species that are blooming, are
>about
>> > to bloom, and or just finished.
>> >
>> > FG 941491 Amorphophallus gigas "inflorescence now 76" tall, spadix
>> > showing but not mature" (ID84)
>> > SOURCE: Don Evans: when the Wilbert Hetterscheid & Dr James Symon
>expedition
>> > brought back seeds of the A, titanium, these seeds were included.
>9/13/93
>> > BLOOM PERIOD: 5/99; 6/99; 4/24/2000
>> > HORTICULTURE: All reports given to me say it is hard to keep alive.
>> > * It will be at tonight's IAS meeting (4/24/2000)
>> > .....................................................
>> >
>> > Amorphophallus haematospadix (syn.: A. siamensis) FG 961039 -
>> > inflorescence now 13", spadix just beginning to show (ID2149)
>> > SOURCE: Mike McLaughlin, Allen Howard, Jack Fisher: Malaysia: State of
>> > Perlis: Gua Kelam Recreation Area: Mata Ayer Forest Preserve. 3 May
>1996.
>> > BLOOM PERIOD: 4/99; 4/2000
>> > DESCRIPTION: striking slender inflorescence, slender leathery leaves
>are
>> > unmistakable. In 1999 the first inflorescence was produced. It lasted
>longer
>> > than most species, more than a week. Over all it is 30" tall, taller
>than
>> > any Mike saw in the rainforest. The stem is 18" the actual inflorescence
>> > 12". The spadix is 1.25" thick, 10" long smooth and colored a deep
>> > burgundy/purple. The spathe is white aging to lavender, darker towards
>the
>> > base. The bloom stalk like the leaf has no mottling. It has a fragrance
>much
>> > like rotting fruit, not of carrion as is common on many other species.
>> > .....................................................
>> >
>> > FG 961019 Amorphophallus sp. "inflorescence still wrapped in
>sheath"
>> > (ID2313)
>> > SOURCE: Dr. L. G. Saw; Collected Malaysia: state of Perlis: Guar Jentik:
>> > Kaki Bukit. Malaysia Expedition 1996 (Jack Fisher, Allen Howard, Mike
>> > McLaughlin) 5/4/96.
>> > BLOOM PERIOD: 4/21/98; 5/13/98; 4/24/2000;
>> > DESCRIPTION: When it bloomed in 4/98, it looked very much like (ID2314)
>> > Looks similar to the A. prainii listed in Aroidiana Vol. 19, p. 112.
>> > .....................................................
>> >
>> > FG 961022 Amorphophallus sp. ?11inch inflorescence still tightly
>wrapped
>> > in sheath? (ID2314)
>> > SOURCE: Dr. L.G. Saw Malaysia: State of Perlis: Gua Kelam Recreational
>> > Area: Mata Ayer Forest Preserve. Malayasia Expedition 1006 (Jack Fisher,
>> > Allen Howard, Mike McLaughlin) 16. 5/3/96.
>> > BLOOM PERIOD: 4/18/98; 4/24/2000
>> > DESCRIPTION: (Looks similar to the A, prainii listed in Aroidiana Vol.
>19,
>> > p. 112.) Looks much like (ID2313) 961019 but with out the recurved
>spathe
>> > edge. The tuber is a very symmetrical pumpkin shape. The depression at
>the
>> > top is very deep.
>> > ??????????????.
>> >
>> > FG 80198 Sauromatum guttatum "several bloomed while I was away
>another
>> > looks ready in 3-5 days" (ID1961)
>> > COMMON NAME: Voodoo Lily, Monarch of the East
>> > SOURCE: Dr. Jim French, from horticulture BLOOM PERIOD: 5/98; 6/98;
>> > 3/2000
>> > DESCRIPTION: Inflorescence last only 1 or 2 days, smells like urine
>> > ???????????????.
>> >
>> > (ID2741) Amorphophallus sp. ?in full bloom, inflorescence about
>10-12?
>> > SOURCE: Donated by Dewey Fisk: SLY 515 collected by Si-Lin Yang. Catba
>> > Islands, Vietnam, collected on Oct. 20, 1994
>> > BLOOM PERIOD: 4/24/2000
>> > DESCRIPTION: Inflorescence is a small A. peonifolius
>> > ????????????????
>> >
>> > FG 961266 Amorphophallus sp. ?just about finished blooming.
>Inflorescence
>> > is 32? tall? (ID2312)
>> > SOURCE: Dr. Si-Lin Yang wild collected in Thailand, Chaing Mai.
>> > DESCRIPTION: Looks like A. yunnanensis, Aroidiana Vol. 19, 1996 pp.
>127-8
>> > ????????????????.
>> >
>> > FG 97630 Amorphophallus variabilis ?inflorescence is 19? tall,
>> > spadix beginning to show? (ID2352)
>> > SOURCE: Reggie Whitehead and Tom Moore collected in Java' Cibadak, 6/97
>> > BLOOM PERIOD: 5/19/98; 4/24/2000
>> > DESCRIPTION: not a large species
>> > ......................................................
>> >
>> > FG 961201 Amorphophallus lambii Araceae ? several plants have
>bloomed
>> > this spring, they are all finished blooming. The inflorescence averaged
>12?
>> > (ID2307)
>> > SOURCE: Dr. Jack Fisher: wild collected Malaysia: Sabah: Gua Gomantung.
>> > Slope, deep forest shade. Inflorescence 35 cm. tall. Malaysia Expedition
>> > 1996 ( Jack Fisher, Allen Howard, Mike McLaughlin) BLOOM PERIOD: E
>> > 4/22/98; B 3/30/99; C 4/14/99; 8/99; 4/2000
>> > HORTICULTURE: The Aroidiana Vol. 19 mentions that this is a species
>that
>> > does not thrive in cultivation. The article mentions that they seen to
>> > decline for some unknown reason.
>> > DESCRIPTION: Amorphophallus lambii is one that gets large. The
>> > inflorescence has a distinct smell of urine. I noticed when B bloomed in
>> > 3/99, the odor was slight in the day but started getting much stronger
>about
>> > 5 PM.
>> >
>> > Craig M. Allen
>> > Conservatory Manager
>> > Fairchild Tropical Garden
>> > 10901 Old Cutler Road
>> > Coral Gables, Florida 33156-4296
>> > Tel. 305-667-1651 ext. 3320
>> > Fax 305-661-8953
>> > e-mail conserv@netrox.net
>> > web: www.ftg.org
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
Dewey E. Fisk, Plant Nut
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