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Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 5:51
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Subject: [Aroid-l] Dracontium ID
please
Hi All,
I have been fortunate enough to have another
Dracontium bloom and I was hoping for an ID from the experts on the
list. This one is supposedly a native of Brasil which would seem to
narrow it down quite a bit, but honestly, I can not be certain of that claim
just because it originally came from there! As you can see, this one has
produced a lot of offsets from the the main tuber without me making any
attempt to remove them. I suppose the question is, have they fused to
the main tuber or are they free from momma so they can eventually be potted up
separately.
I apologize for the poor pics in at least one
case, but indoor shots are not the easiest this time of year. I hope the
"naughty bits" will give a clear ID on this one so I can tag it as something
besides "Dracontium sp. Brasil #1". I have 2 others from Brasil as well
that grow nothing like this one so hopefully those will be different when they
get around to blooming in the future.
As always, if anyone has any Dracontium they
would like to sell when it gets warmer please keep me in mind as this genus
still has me excited. I currently have: D. prancei, D. polyphyllum, D.
amazonense, D. spruceanum (all based on flowers) as well as a no-ID from Peru,
two no-IDs from Brasil and one no-ID from a lady in Hawaii. I have seen
these for sale on ebay a couple of times this winter, but when you never see
the north side of 0C for weeks at a time it is the wrong time of year to try
and acquire anything like this.
Thanks in advance,
Dan
Gibsonia, PA
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