[Aroid-l] Callopsis

From: "Christopher Rogers" <crogers at ecoanalysts.com> on 2009.01.11 at 03:09:03 The Great Julius recommendedCallopsis as a good small aroid for carol to grow. Where would I find a Callopsis?     D. Christopher Rogers Senior Invertebrate Ecologist/Taxonomist ((,///////////=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<   EcoAnalysts,Inc. 1.530.756.4481 1.530. 383.4798 (cell) 1307 "L" Street Davis, CA 95616 USA   =9FInvertebrateTaxonomy =9FEndangeredSpecies =9FEcologicalStudies =9FBioassessment =9FInvasiveSpecies =9FPlankton =9FPhycology   Moscow, Idaho =9F Bozeman, Montana =9F Davis, California =9F Joplin, Missouri Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania =9F London, Ontario ecoanalysts.com   From:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] OnBehalf Of ju-bo@msn.com Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 3:03 PM To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] aroid recommendations   WellHello right back at you, good Ms. Carol! SIZE is the difficulty here, most of the aroids grown by aroid-lovers arepretty large, but let`s see what we can do---the problem will be in youobtaining some of these plants, a note to this self-same list may bring somefolks out of the shadows who may have specimens to offer for sale or trade. The first that comes to my mind is Callopsis volkensii (African), which loves a5" pot and produces blooms which in my opinion are one of THE mostinteresting and beautiful in this family, a lily-white spathe with an egg-yolkyellow spadix, blooms regularly and LOVES the extra TLC and fertilizer, etc.you guys should be able to give to it. The second in a S. American, will also do well in a smaller pot, say5"-6", it is Spathicarpa, any species which may be available. This one will be easier to obtain.  Negative points are a non-typicalspadix which is attached along the center of the spathe, but is again one of myfavorites.  The bloom reminds me of a woman`s diamond tennis bracelet. Spathiphyllum floribundum, the smallest of the species in this genus would begreat, a 6" pot should do the trick, nice typical blooms. Sometimesavailable at Home Depot type stores. Several dwarf Anubias species should be available from Aquarium/fish stores,most are usually grown UNDER water, but will do well/better if re-planted as anABOVE water plant and grown ''wet'' (with the sand mix, in a 5" potstanding in a in a saucer of water), all the underwater leaves will die off,but new leaves will be produced for the now above-water plant. I`m certain that others may add to this discussion, but good luck and GREATgrowing. Julius WPB, FLORIDA > Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 14:50:50 -0500 > From: Carol.McCarthy@mail.wvu.edu > To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > Subject: [Aroid-l] aroid recommendations > > Hello Good People, > > I work at a university greenhouse that supports, among other things, theteaching of a plant taxonomy class. Can you please recommend some species inthe Araceae family that I could grow for the class? > > Requirements: 1) Tropical or subtropical, a year round greenhouse grower.2) Can be kept to about a 6 inch pot size or smaller and be a blooming sizeplant. 3) Ideally the plant would bloom fairly often or could be convinced tobloom around the second half of September in a greenhouse in the USA, WestVirginia. 4) flower structure, fairly typical spathe and spadix. > > I have lurked on this list a while so I am somewhat familiar with thefamily. I can supply dry and or cool resting periods or extra heat and or lightto encourage the plant at the needed time of the year. I would prefer a truespecies but an example is much better than no example. Between this greenhouseand another on campus we have several examples of species in the family butthey are mostly philodendrons and Dieffenbachia that either don't bloom veryoften or only bloom when they are larger plants than we are usually able toaccommodate. > > If you suggest something out of the ordinary, which I personally wouldprefer, please include some hints on where to obtain plants. > Feel free to reply publicly or privately. > > Thanks for any help on this. > > Carol McCarthy > > carol.mccarthy@mail.wvu.edu > West Virginia University - Dept. of Biology > Greenhouse Manager > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l No virusfound in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.5/1885 - Release Date: 1/9/2009 7:59PM ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C97356.E7398CE0----===============1260373683622968915==

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