Re: [aroid-l] Variegated Amorphophallus
- Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Pycnospatha arietina
- From: M*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 23:26:36 EDT
Thanks again Peter.
I appreciate the additional info.
Nancy
> Hi Nancy
>
> In the wild plants from the monsoonal east are smaller in all their
> vegetative dimensions and the leaf divisions are finer and, well, more
> divided. The largest plants I have seen from th east are a shade under 1.5
> metres tall in mature leaf.
>
> Plants from the per-humid south are very robust - I have seen them with
> leaves to 3 metres tall with a blade 1.5 metres in diameter. I known that
> Wilbert has plants from the south and I am pretty sure that he also has
> plants from the east, perhaps he could comment whether these size and leaf
> division observations from the wild remain stable, or not, in cultivation.
>
> Hope this is if interest
>
> Pete
>