Re: [aroid-l] Amorphophallus hewittii seed for sale

I also have some rather poor pictures on my site:
http://acresofaroids.com/Page_H.htm
Marc has some too.
http://amorphophallus.com/

Peter is right, the petiole is very beautiful- in my top 3 favorites!

Susan 


-----Original Message-----
From: aroid-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu
[a*@lists.ncsu.edu]On Behalf Of Neil Gordon
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 1:54 PM
To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Amorphophallus hewittii seed for sale


Theres some nice images on the aroid.org site.

http://www.aroid.org/genera/amorphophallus/hewittii/

BTW, how long do they take to reach flowering size?


Neil


On 25 Apr 2004, at 08:05, Peter Boyce wrote:

> Hi Dave
>
> Amorphophallus hewittii is the A. titanum of Borneo. It has a mature 
> elaf to
> 3 m tall and 4 m across. The inflorescence can reach two meters tall.
>
> The petiole is deep green with pale green, greay and steel blue 
> markings.
> The spathe is deep purple, the spadix appendix slightly darker still.
>
> It needs warmth and humidity (minumum 16, better at 18 C) and light 
> shade.
>
> I will forward you a couple of images of the leaf and inflorescence.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Pete
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Thornton" <dave@dave-aroid.demon.co.uk>
> To: <aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 5:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Amorphophallus hewittii seed for sale
>
>
>> In message <001301c42616$6d0581f0$5299063d@oem0sfzlcsdfqr>, Peter 
>> Boyce
>> <peterboyce@myjaring.net> writes
>>
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> Can you tell me a little about Amorphphallus hewitti please ?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Dear Folks
>>>
>>> We have a fresh batch of Amorphophallus hewittii seed for sale, 
>>> still in
>>> berry and ready for immediate dispatch. Price is 1 US $ for two seeds
>>> including shipping worldwide
>>>
>>> Please email your order (no. of seed wanted and shipping address if 
>>> you
> are
>>> a new customer) to our marketing manager Anita at
>>> malesiana@tropicals.com.my
>>>
>>> Good growing
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>>
>>
>> -- 
>> David Thornton  Manchester (u.k) zone 8b
>>
>>                 Homepage http://www.dave-aroid.demon.co.uk
>>
>
>
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