Re: Ambrosina bassii

Hi Victor,

thanks for charing your observation.
This encourages me to give it a try; but I will rather start with
Typhonium.... LOL.

Best,
Bernhard.

-----Original Message-----
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:08:13 +0200
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Ambrosina bassii
From: Victor Soukup 
To: Discussion of aroids 

Hi---
        Regarding the cold hardiness of Ambrosina bassii, a few years
ago 
I received some seed from Fausto Ceni for my study of seed lipids, but 
there were enough seeds for me to also plant some.  In their second year
I 
planted them outside under partial summer shade and quite open to the
sky 
in winter.  In November one plant bloomed and the leaves on the others 
continued to look healthy.  During this time the temperatures dipped to 
minus 8 degrees Celsius at times and on two occasions the leaves and the

flower were barely covered with snow.  The next year the plants again 
emerged although there were fewer in number.  One bloomed again but the 
predations of animals in the area cut the population to one plant the
third 
year.  All were gone the following year.
        These data are for Cincinnati, Ohio where we have very
fluctuating 
weather and have had a low of minus 23 degrees Fahrenheit (four days)
and 
highs of 100 in the last 30 years.  However, Magnolia grandiflora came 
through the record cold, albeit with a little damage,  The zone is
listed 
as 5 or 6 but most of the time we experience 7 or 8.
        It seems that with a little protection and careful siting, that 
Ambrosina could be grown in zone 7.  Typhonium (Sauromatum) venosum
grown 
from Cameroon collected seeds grows outdoors here --- for 12 years.  You

must try to find out.

Vic Soukup
Herbarium
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0006


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