Re: Synandrospadix vermitoxicus

Long ago I decided to risk a small tuber of Synandrospadix, an offset from a larger plant, outdoors here one winter (NW Arkansas, zone 6). In the spring the original plant began to leaf out in the greenhouse, but there was no sign of the one outdoors.

After several weeks, with foliage on the one in the greenhouse well developed, I couldn't stand it any longer and dug down to check on the one outside. The tuber was firm and intact, but no sign that it had broken dormancy. Unfortunately, I damaged the growing point during the health check, and it never formed another and died, so results inconclusive - did it die from shovel blight, or was it never going to break dormancy anyway?

The original plant never made another offset - Wilbert warned me that only young plants of that species do - and it seems not to be self-fertile so I've never gotten seeds. I need to get a second plant, but it doesn't seem to be offered often, plus I'd like to get one with provenance from somewhere that gets some cold.

Steve

On 5/3/2023 3:23 PM, D. Christopher Rogers wrote:
That is a lovely plant. I grew that species from material I collected in Chile many years ago. It bloomed
for me as well. I gave it away before I moved to Kansas. One day, I should try it again.

Happy days,
Christopher 

On Wed, 3 May 2023 at 12:54, Al Wootten <a*@gmail.com> wrote:

I was interested in Synandrospadix vermitoxicus as it originates near Salta in northern Argentina.  On one of many trips to the ALMA telescope on the W side of the Andes I had hoped to visit Salta.  In 2010 I saw my first one on a visit to Silver Krome and Denis Rotolante--quite a thrill.  I had a donation of a few seeds from a list member, which thrived.  Last year one was battered by hail; this year it sprouted too soon (it was watered during its dry season) so is leggy and broken but still has 4 blooms.  It has child from a seed I didn't know I had, which fell in a nearby pot of A bulbifer.

Clear skies,

Al

Synandrospadix vermitoxicus

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