anthurium veitchii

From: Peter Lloyd <earthguy at iwl.net> on 1999.01.31 at 02:38:38(2972) I just acquired a. veitchii and was wondering conditions it preferred, maximum and minimum temperatures, soil type, how it is best grown (high humidity?) and best fertilizer, any problems to watch for, etc. I live in Houston, Texas (Zone 9 with hot summers, many days over 95F) but have a climate controlled greenhouse. Thanking you in advance for your assistance. Peter Lloyd

From: wounddr at mail.mia.bellsouth.net on 1999.02.01 at 04:55:03(2979) At 08:40 PM 1/30/99 -0600, you wrote: >I just acquired a. veitchii and was wondering conditions it preferred, >maximum and minimum temperatures, soil type, how it is best grown (high >humidity?) and best fertilizer, any problems to watch for, etc. >I live in Houston, Texas (Zone 9 with hot summers, many days over 95F) but >have a climate controlled greenhouse. >Thanking you in advance for your assistance. >Peter Lloyd +More > >where did you get the plant, how much, how big? I am interested in getting one myself. Thanks Richard> >

From: Piabinha at aol.com on 1999.02.01 at 21:57:13(2982) In a message dated 1/31/1999 11:42:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, wounddr@mail.mia.bellsouth.net writes: > >where did you get the plant, how much, how big? I am interested in getting +More > one myself. Thanks > Richard> > > > i got one myself from tropiflora (tropiflora.com) in florida. i think i overpaid, it was $20 for a plant in a 3" pot. i am not too happy about the fact taht the post office lost the package and then they had to reship my order but without hte Alocasia reversa, since they ran out of it by then... tsuh yang chen, nyc

From: Krzysztof Kozminski <kk at netgate.net> on 1999.02.01 at 22:04:59(2983) On Sun, 31 Jan 1999 wounddr@mail.mia.bellsouth.net wrote: > At 08:40 PM 1/30/99 -0600, you wrote: > >I just acquired a. veitchii and was wondering conditions it preferred, > >maximum and minimum temperatures, soil type, how it is best grown (high > >humidity?) and best fertilizer, any problems to watch for, etc. > >I live in Houston, Texas (Zone 9 with hot summers, many days over 95F) but > >have a climate controlled greenhouse. > >Thanking you in advance for your assistance. > >Peter Lloyd +More I saw one in Berkeley, in a very humid greenhouse. See http://u1.netgate.net/~kk/Araceae/Anthurium/unknown.A.html for a photo of its habitat in that greenhouse. > > > >where did you get the plant, how much, how big? I am interested in getting > one myself. Thanks > Richard> I got mine from http://www.tropiflora.com/, in a 2.5 inch pot. Apparently quite vigorous, but does not look anything like the one in Berkeley. Perhaps it is still very juvenile - the longest leaves are about 5 inches long. ==================== Krzysztof Kozminski kk@netgate.net http://u1.netgate.net/~kk/

From: Krzysztof Kozminski <kk at netgate.net> on 1999.02.02 at 00:34:15(2985) On Mon, 1 Feb 1999 Piabinha@aol.com wrote: > > >where did you get the plant, how much, how big? I am interested in getting > > one myself. Thanks > > Richard> +More > > > > > > i got one myself from tropiflora (tropiflora.com) in florida. i think i > overpaid, it was $20 for a plant in a 3" pot. i am not too happy about the > fact taht the post office lost the package and then they had to reship my > order but without hte Alocasia reversa, since they ran out of it by then... If this is really A.veitchii, then $20 is not too bad, since this species does not seem to be available anywhere. Re: Alocasia reversa, maybe you should cont yourself lucky, since mine has rotted within a week, despite being placed in the same environment as everything else from that shipment. A. sinuata croaked as well. I am finding more and more that alocasias shipped in a non-dormant state seem to expire at a much higher rate than anything else, unless they had all foliage cut off before the shipment and are reasonably large to start with. Has anyone else had a similar disappointing experience? ==================== Krzysztof Kozminski kk@netgate.net http://u1.netgate.net/~kk/

From: Betsytrips at aol.com on 1999.02.02 at 02:41:20(2987) I would say if the plant is truly veitchii that $20.00 bucks is a good deal. My experience has been not to overpot this plant that in time it says, I am tired of life and passes on with no apparent reason. I picked up some in Colombia years ago that recently have decided that time was at hand. Down there they kept them very dry and tiny pots. They had the real crinkled one that was around years ago and they let it grow in a hanging basket with the rhizome/stem laying on top of the soil. It got watered every day and were very dry. Believe me when I say the soil was less than 'good' soil by our standards. they had maybe fifty of them around this nursery and I nearly died...They were so beautiful. Betsy Feuerstein

From: plantnut at macconnect.com (Dewey Fisk) on 1999.02.02 at 02:46:24(2988) Price on A. veitchii? I ordered two plants from the same folks and they had two leaves each that were about 5 inches long.... Frankly, I thought it was very inexpensive. At one time I sold A. veitchii for $250. that were in 1 gallon pots with 6 inches of stem above the media. Had about 4 - 5 leaves that were 10 - 14 inches.... Now, since this is the only place that has them for sale..... Spend your $20. and be happy. Dewey +More >On Sun, 31 Jan 1999 wounddr@mail.mia.bellsouth.net wrote: > >> At 08:40 PM 1/30/99 -0600, you wrote: >> >I just acquired a. veitchii and was wondering conditions it preferred, >> >maximum and minimum temperatures, soil type, how it is best grown (high >> >humidity?) and best fertilizer, any problems to watch for, etc. >> >I live in Houston, Texas (Zone 9 with hot summers, many days over 95F) but >> >have a climate controlled greenhouse. >> >Thanking you in advance for your assistance. >> >Peter Lloyd > >I saw one in Berkeley, in a very humid greenhouse. See >http://u1.netgate.net/~kk/Araceae/Anthurium/unknown.A.html for a photo of >its habitat in that greenhouse. > > > > >> >where did you get the plant, how much, how big? I am interested in getting >> one myself. Thanks >> Richard> > >I got mine from http://www.tropiflora.com/, in a 2.5 inch pot. >Apparently quite vigorous, but does not look anything like the one in >Berkeley. Perhaps it is still very juvenile - the longest leaves are >about 5 inches long. > >==================== >Krzysztof Kozminski >kk@netgate.net >http://u1.netgate.net/~kk/ Dewey E. Fisk, Plant Nut THE PHILODENDRON PHREAQUE Your Source for Tropical Araceae

From: Neil Carroll <zzamia at hargray.com> on 1999.02.02 at 03:00:01(2989) Anthurium veitchii was discovered by Gustav Wallis in the last half of the last of the last century. It is from pretty wet forest in Columbia. I have no trouble growing it in my greenhouse here in the S. Carolina coast. The biggest trouble I have here with anthuriums is the night time heat in the summer. Most, but not all, plants from above 4500 feet in altitude generally have a hard time with my night time temps. in the summer. I do not know what altitude it comes from, but I know that people in Miami have no trouble with the heat. In response to the size and cost of the plants from tropiflora... $ 20.00 is not too much to pay for A. veitchii even in a 3" pot . It is rarely available and not too many people are traveling to Columbia these days. The juvinile leaves of many anthuriums do not resemble the adult leaves. Althought anthuriums grow slowly they should consistently put out larger and larger leaves until they reach their mature size. That mature size can be up to four feet for A. veitchii. Various factors will affect the rate of growth and ultimate size of anthuriums. Many anths. can be kept small by restricting their container size. But keeping them small is not what we're after is it? +More The most dramatic factor for anthuriums seems to be humidity. When these plants are placed in fog(not mist, mist can be too wet)they get huge fast. For example: about three years ago I donated a couple of Anth. psuedospectabile to the Atlanta Bot. Gard. they had leaves about 12" long at the time. Mine here in my greenhouse were a little bigger. This past summer I visited Atlanta and their plants had grown to have leaves almost 6 feet long! Meanwhile mine had grown steadily but still only had leaves about 2 1/2 -3 feet long. Quite a difference made by fog. Anyway, I don't know why more A. veitchii are not grown, it truly is one of the most magnificent anthuriums. 20 bucks is a bargain at any size. Glasshouse has them for 75.oo and I have seen plants at the IAS sale for $100.00. Hope they grow well for all who got them, Neil

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