Re: Taccarum weddellianum (was Flowering today ...)

**S* M* <samarak@gizmoworks.com>**

Hi Tony,

I realized today that I must have decided to try an offset of T.

weddellianum outdoors here last fall, because there is clearly a

Taccarum leaf unfurling in one of the beds.

It's weeks behind those in the greenhouse - but it's alive and seems

fine. My recollection, bolstered by a quick check of the official

records, shows that we reached -4 F the night of December 22. Clearly

much hardier than I'd expect from it's geographic range.

I've never seen any species other than T. weddellianum and T. caudatum

offered, and even those rarely. Seems odd, since T. weddellianum, at

least, offsets regularly for me.

Steve

On 7/8/2023 3:51 PM, Tony Avent wrote:

HI Steve;

Great to see that you were able to get seed to set on Taccarum weddellianum.   We haven't tried this yet, but one of our staff had it come back fine in the ground after last years 11F.  T. caudatum is the most winter hardy species we've trials. We have massive clumps that sailed through 11 degrees F. this winter in the ground.  We have not seen T. warmingeri return yet after this winter.  Sadly, it's been impossible to acquire other species for trial.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Aroid-L <aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com> On Behalf Of Steve Marak
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2023 8:19 PM
To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Taccarum weddellianum (was Flowering today ...)

And the evidence so far is that the reason I've never gotten seeds of this is that there's nothing here that pollinates it. I hand pollinated between the two inflorescences, one a day or two older than the other, and have an infructescence on the younger bloom.

Still to be seen if they mature and are viable, but I've never gotten even this far with Synandrospadix, so I'm tentatively calling this one self-compatible.

Ssteve

On 6/5/2023 10:11 PM, Steve Marak wrote:

Nothing exotic, but still fun.

The Amorphophallus bulbifer is one from a population that are
essentially tolerated weeds in an orchid greenhouse in Oklahoma - they
grow, they flower, something pollinates them, the seeds come up
everywhere, the owner pots up some to get them out of the walkways. I
should be so lucky. The weeds in my greenhouse are much less fun.

Taccarum weddellianum is easy and reliable. I have two mature tubers
in that pot and both flower every year. I've never gotten seeds, but
then I've never tried for them until this year because they always
make a few offsets. We'll see.

Steve

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