Re: Enjoy Aroid l? Please tell us where you are!

**&* <m*@hctc.com>**

At the moment, North Carolina, U.S.A.  If I can make my
dream a reality, Amazonia, Brazil.

Don't currently grow any Aroids, but I follow the Aroid
research.  More interested in natural habitats than
horticultural settings.

Jason Hernandez
Naturalist-at-Large

> In a message dated 8/20/2009 12:03:17 P.M. Central
> Daylight Time,   Steve@exoticrainforest.com writes:
> 
> I have a proposal to make to the International Aroid 
> Society board of  directors in September and would enjoy
> feedback from all that  subscribe to  Aroid l.  Please
> don't think you shouldn't respond just  because you
> haven't  joined the IAS.........yet.  Part of the proposal
> is  to hopefully give you  more reasons to want to join
> but no one is going to be  calling you or flooding  your
> inbox with mail!
> 
> Would everyone receiving  these posts today hit "reply"
> right now and tell  us what  state or country you live in?
>  If you are willing, please also tell  us  what genera of
> Araceae you enjoy growing and if you have specific 
> suggestions  as to how the IAS can serve you personally
> please add a brief note.  
>  
> 
> If nothing else, please let us know what part of the U.S.
> or world is  your  home.
> 
> Thanks to all and please do consider joining your fellow 
> aroiders on  September 19 and 20 at Fairchild Tropical
> Botanic Garden in Miami,  FL!  There  will be lots of
> aroids to peruse and take home, great  presentations, a 
> wonderful tropical garden with a living rain forest to 
> explore and great food at  the Saturday night dinner! 
> Besides, Dr. Croat  does great presentations!
> 
> Good aroid growing to all of  you!
> 
> Steve Lucas
> _www.ExoticRainforest.com_
> (http://www.exoticrainforest.com/) 
> 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:42:02 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Sheldon Hatheway <sfhatheway@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Enjoy Aroid l?  Please tell us
> where you are! To: Discussion of aroids
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> Sheldon Hatheway
> Canby, Oregon, USA
> 
> Philodendron, Spathiphyllum, Anthurium, Amorphophallus,
> Arisaema, Monstera, Zamioculcas
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: ExoticRainforest <Steve@ExoticRainforest.com>
> To: Discussion of aroids <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:55:57 AM
> Subject: [Aroid-l] Enjoy Aroid l?  Please tell us where
> you are!
> 
> I have a proposal to make to the
> International Aroid Society board of directors in
> September and would enjoy feedback from all that subscribe
> to Aroid l.  Please don't think you shouldn't respond just
> because you haven't joined the IAS.........yet.  Part of
> the proposal is to hopefully give you more reasons to want
> to join but no one is going to be calling you or flooding
> your inbox with mail!
> 
> Would everyone receiving these posts today hit "reply"
> right now and tell us what state or country you live in? 
> If you are willing, please also tell us what genera of
> Araceae you enjoy growing and if you have specific
> suggestions as to how the IAS can serve you personally
> please add a brief note.  
> 
> If nothing else, please let us know what part of the U.S.
> or world is your home.
> 
> Thanks to all and please do consider joining your fellow
> aroiders on September 19 and 20 at Fairchild Tropical
> Botanic Garden in Miami, FL!  There will be lots of aroids
> to peruse and take home, great presentations, a wonderful
> tropical garden with a living rain forest to explore and
> great food at the Saturday night dinner!  Besides, Dr.
> Croat does great presentations!
> 
> Good aroid growing to all of you!
> 
> Steve Lucas
> www.ExoticRainforest.com
> 
> 
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:42:56 -0500
> From: "Tom Croat" <Thomas.Croat@mobot.org>
> Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Advise in planting Arum seeds
> To: "Discussion of aroids" <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
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> Dear Marek:  I am curious to know what city you live in. 
> I have been in Wroclaw, Warsawa and Krakow. Once I was
> thrown off the train in Bialstock when I came in from
> Russia and spent the night drinking vodka and talking in
> German to a few railway workers who befriended me (and
> while I waited for my passport to arrive from the border).
>  At 3:00 AM the train came and I crawled my drunken body
> aboard an slept all the way to Warsawa.
> 
>  
> 
> Tom 
> 
>  
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com
> [aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Marek
> Argent Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 1:44 PM
> To: Discussion of aroids
> Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Advise in planting Arum seeds
> 
>  
> 
> Hi Tom,
> 
>  
> 
> I live in Europe, in Poland and I don't know the climate
> in USA.
> 
>  
> 
> It depends what species you have. 
> 
> Once a few years we have cruel winters with night
> temperatures below -20C (-2F),
> 
> the last winter was very cold, but Arum cylindraceum
> (alpinum), A. italicum and A. italicum 'Pictum' survived,
> 
> the seedlings of A. cylindraceum survived too.
> 
> A few years ago here was a cold winter too and I lost A.
> concinnatum and one unidentified species.
> 
> http://www.wschowa.com/abrimaal/araceum/unid/arum2.htm
> 
>  
> 
> In the IAS page you can find a list of hardy aroids:
> 
> http://www.aroid.org/horticulture/hardy.php
> 
>  
> 
> Best,
> 
> Marek
> 
>     ----- Original Message ----- 
> 
>     From: Tom Croat <T*@mobot.org>  
> 
>     To: Discussion of aroids
> <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>  
> 
>     Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 3:28 AM
> 
>     Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Advise in planting Arum seeds
> 
>      
> 
>     Dear Marek:  Where do you live?  Do you think that
> these seeds would survive in St. Louis Missoui?
> 
>      
> 
>     Thank you so much for your advise.  This will be my
> first experience with Arum seeds.  
> 
>      
> 
>     Tom 
> 
>      
> 
>     
> ________________________________
> 
> 
>     From: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com
> [aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Marek
> Argent
>     Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 12:15 PM
>     To: Discussion of aroids
>     Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Advise in planting Arum seeds
> 
>      
> 
>     Hi Tom,
> 
>      
> 
>     My Arum cylindraceum produces viable seeds every year,
> I sow them directly into the ground (sometimes in pots). 
> 
>     They germinate next spring after spending one winter
> in the garden. I live between zones 6/7.
> 
>    
> http://www.wschowa.com/abrimaal/araceum/arum/alpinum.htm
> 
>      
> 
>     I think the seeds should be sown as quickly as
> possible. Once I got seeds of various Arum species. They
> were dry and none of them germinated though I kept them
> for 2 days in water and all the winter they spent in pots
> a fridge.
> 
>      
> 
>     Marek
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 
>         ----- Original Message ----- 
> 
>         From: Tom Croat <T*@mobot.org>  
> 
>         To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com 
> 
>         Cc: Nasja.Grubisic@brodosplit.hr ; Boyce (Business
> Fax)
> <mailto:IMCEAFAX-Boyce+40+2B1+20+2860+29+2082+20423+20494@
> mobot.org>  
> 
>         Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 5:25 AM
> 
>         Subject: [Aroid-l] Advise in planting Arum seeds
> 
>          
> 
>         Dear Aroiders:
> 
>          
> 
>                     I just returned from a trip to the
> Balkans and collected an Arum in fruit in Durres, Albania.
>  Since these berries were mature in the midst of their dry
> Mediterranean style summer and if shed directly in such
> dry conditions could surely not germinate I am assuming
> that they must somehow survive without germinating until
> the rains begin.  Does anyone know what I should do to get
> these seeds to germinate?  Do they need to be stored? 
> Planted directly?  Treated in any particular way?  I would
> appreciate you help.  Emily is coming in tomorrow to deal
> with them so if you have some advise I would love to hear
> from you. 
> 
>          
> 
>         Thanks!
> 
>          
> 
>         Tom 
> 
>          
> 
>         Pete:  I have copied both you and Marija Bedalov
> since I know that both of you have had direct experience
> with Arum.
> 
>          
> 
>         Tom
> 
>         
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