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

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Tony Avent

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On Jul 20, 2023, at 4:19 PM, D. Christopher Rogers <b*@gmail.com> wrote:

 

Hi, Tony!

 

If there was an image, it did not come through. 

 

When will you have it available for sale?

 

Grins,

Christopher

 

On Thu, 20 Jul 2023 at 15:54, Tony Avent <T*@plantdelights.com> wrote:

This clump was moved to this location from elsewhere in the garden….each clump was a single corm in 2018, so these are 5 years old. The growth rate puts A. konjac to shame as our since best outdoor aroid.

 

Tony Avent

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Juniper Level Botanic Garden and Plant Delights Nursery

Ph 919.772.4794/fx 919.772.4752

9241 Sauls Road, Raleigh, North Carolina  27603  USA

USDA Zone 7b/Winter 0-5 F/Summer 95-105F

"Preserving, Studying, Propagating, and Sharing the World’s Flora”

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From: Aroid-L <aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com> On Behalf Of Hannon
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2023 4:26 PM
To: Discussion of aroids <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Taccarum weddellianum (was Flowering today ...)

 

Yes, please send photos, Tony! I assume you mean the foliage...

 

Dylan

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. --Aldous Huxley

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Thu, 20 Jul 2023 at 13:07, D. Christopher Rogers <b*@gmail.com> wrote:

Wow. That is huge, Tony! Can you send pictures of the T. caudatum, if you have pause?

 

Happy days,

Christopher

 

On Thu, 20 Jul 2023 at 15:02, Tony Avent <T*@plantdelights.com> wrote:

Hi Steve;

Great news about the T. weddellianum hardiness.  We had a couple of plantings of T. warmingeri, which had been fine for Alan during several mild winters, but so far, none have re-emerged after our winter low of only 11F.  I can find no sources of the other species, despite countless emails.

We now have 10 year old clumps of T. caudatum that are now 6' tall...beyond amazing.

Tony Avent
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t*@plantdelights.com
Juniper Level Botanic Garden and Plant Delights Nursery
Ph 919.772.4794/fx 919.772.4752
9241 Sauls Road, Raleigh, North Carolina  27603  USA
USDA Zone 7b/Winter 0-5 F/Summer 95-105F
"Preserving, Studying, Propagating, and Sharing the World’s Flora”

Since 1988, Plant Delights Nursery is THE Source for unique, rare and native perennial plants.


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From: Aroid-L <aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com> On Behalf Of Steve Marak
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2023 11:02 PM
To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Taccarum weddellianum (was Flowering today ...)

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.
>
> Tony Avent
> Proprietor
> t*@plantdelights.com
> Juniper Level Botanic Garden and Plant Delights Nursery Ph
> 919.772.4794/fx 919.772.4752
> 9241 Sauls Road, Raleigh, North Carolina  27603  USA USDA Zone
> 7b/Winter 0-5 F/Summer 95-105F "Preserving, Studying, Propagating, and
> Sharing the World’s Flora”
>
> Since 1988, Plant Delights Nursery is THE Source for unique, rare and native perennial plants.
>
>
> -----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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