Re: [Aroid-l] amorph gigas/ goetzei

**&* B* <d*@hotmail.com>**

Dear All,

 thanks for your ID of the amorph henryi. I've grown that one before but

it was years ago that it flowered. I guess I was hoping this was goetzei,

since it wasn't the gigas that I thought I had. I'll have to razz Tom if

he's at the show about him sending me the wrong form of gigas!

  and I didn't keep the scarab beetle.

Don

From: "D. Christopher Rogers" <crogers@ecoanalysts.com>
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Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] amorph gigas/ goetzei
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 10:20:02 -0700

Hello, Don!

It looks more like A. henryi to me. By the way . . . the scarab in the

infloresence is probably an Onthophagus. If you kept the beetle, and send

it

to me, I can probably put a name on it. Its what I do professionally, and I
really love scarabs.

Happy days,
Christopher

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-----Original Message-----
From: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com
[a*@gizmoworks.com]On Behalf Of Don Bittel
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 7:44 PM
To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
Subject: [Aroid-l] amorph gigas/ goetzei

Dear all,
      A couple years ago I received an amorphophallus tuber from Dr. Croat
that was labeled gigas.  It grew well last summer, but was still a small
plant when it went dormant. To my surprise it flowered and fruited this

year. But it surely is not gigas. The flower most resembles goetzei, and

has

many bumps or warts inside the lower spathe. It set seed with no help, and
the fruits are a bright blue color.  Has anyone else grown this or know the
correct species? I would like to include some of the fruits/seeds in the
aroid banquet auction.  Thanks.

Don Bittel

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