Re: [Aroid-l]Off-topic-- Rafflesia/host vine

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From:  "Julius Boos" <ju-bo@msn.com>
Reply-To:  Discussion of aroids <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
To:  aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
Subject:  Re: [Aroid-l]Off-topic-- Rafflesia/host vine
Date:  Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:07:31 +0000
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>>From : Marcin <shagar@cyber-sport.com.pl>
>Reply-To : Discussion of aroids <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
>Sent : Tuesday, January 16, 2007 8:03 PM
>To : Discussion of aroids <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
>Subject : Re: [Aroid-l] Re: Rafflesia
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>Dear Friends,
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>Now we know both from Marcin AND from browsing that wonderful web
>site sent in by our Australian friend that the host-vine of at LEAST
>one species of Rafflesia is Tetrastigma spp.   So---we must now
>really search the web/literature to see what is the minimum sized
>vine that Rafflesia might 'invade' as a parasite, and be large
>enough support the existence of this parasite within its tissues!  
>I THINK from photos I recall seeing that these vines are a VERY
>substantial size, the bases as big around as my thigh.   This tells
>us that it PROBABLY is inpractable to cultivate vines in a
>greenhouse OR without a HUGE/tall jungle canopy until they attain
>this size in MANY years time.   No, Brian I don`t think that a
>bansai or small vine could support a parasite the size of a
>Rafflesia.   SO---let`s go all out to convince the Governments in
>charge of the forests where this treasure occurs to conserve their
>vines and jungles!!
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>Good Growing,
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>Julius>>Hi
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>I recalll Tetrastigma ssp is the host, but I might be wrong.
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>With regards, Marcin<<
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>>I know that my friend Pia who posted this is knowledgable
>>as to the  following, but for those who are not, and who
>>just might even THINK about  his suggestion of trying to
>>establish Rafflesia in Horticulture, the  following facts
>>might disuade them and save them lots of time and effort.
>>To realisticly grow Raflesia, on would have to first
>>obtain the seeds and  cultivate a specific giant jungle
>>vine to maturity, as the only place that  Rafflesia is
>>know to exist is as a parasite WITHIN the tissues of one
>>of  these GIANT jungle vines.
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>Funny how things come around again, isn't it?  This exact
>same discussion was on here two or three years ago.  So,
>which giant jungle vine is the host?  (I suspect different
>ones for different Rafflesia species, of which there are at
>least a dozen.)  It's enough to make me wish I'd gotten that
>"Rafflesias of the World" book at the airport on my last
>trip to Malaysia (the symposium, you all remember that).
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