----- Original Message -----
From:
s*@exoticrainforest.com
To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 2:00
PM
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Question - A.
spectabilis
I can only answer from my own observations. The
plant comes from the rainforests of Panama. I have exchanged
emails with a grower who has a nursery in Panama and as a result of his
answers have tried to duplicate the conditions as best possible.
The plant grows in a high humidity environment as an
epiphyte (in trees). As a result I grow mine in 85% or higher humidity
year round. Mine receives filtered sunlight. The plant is in a
large wooden orchid basket and the roots are packed with humus rich
materials and completely covered with sphagnum moss. The roots have
extended beyond the edges of the wooden basket and are now attached to the
wood. The moss is constantly kept moist and the plant is watered daily
in the heat of the year, 3 to 4 days a week in the winter. It has
produced 5 new leaves in one year, the longest of which is now over 75cm (30
inches). When I failed to water it as outlined above in December the
plant began to droop and was obviously in need of water. Ever since, I
have maintained the regimen. As a result the plant is now beginning to
add another leaf. Although I have a large number of anthuriums
currently in flower, this one has yet to produce an
inflorescence.
Steve Lucas
----- Original Message -----
From:
a*@rogers.com
To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007
6:36 AM
Subject: [Aroid-l] Question - A.
spectabilis
Anyone know the storage requirements for this
species? Dry or in soil? Mine's just going down for it's first
nap, so that info would be really handy, Thanks.
Allan
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