Xan. Amovirans Horrida

From: philscherer <71211.2545 at compuserve.com> on 1999.03.20 at 16:50:49(3123) Could someone tell me the proper cultural requirements for Xan. Amovirans= Horrida? I will be growing in S. Florida. Thank you! Lauderdale>

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From: philscherer <71211.2545 at compuserve.com> on 1999.03.25 at 15:23:36(3145) To: INTERNET:aroid-l@mobot.org, INTERNET:aroid-l@mobot.org = Date: 3/25/99 7:51 AM RE: Xan. Amovirans Horrida Could someone tell me the proper cultural requirements for Xan. Amovirans= Horrida? I will be growing in S. Florida. Thank you! Lauderdale>

From: Don Burns <burns at mobot.mobot.org> on 1999.03.26 at 01:06:40(3150) > Could someone tell me the proper cultural requirements for Xan. Amovirans= > Horrida? I will be growing in S. Florida. Thank you! > Lauderdale> Phil, You may not be receiving responses because your subject plant is not a recognizable species. Could your plant really be X. atrovirens? In south Florida this plant should do well on a sphagnum totem or in a pot with a typical soiless mixture. Don +More Don Burns Plantation, FL USA Zone 10b

From: "Don Bittel" <dbittel at treco.net> on 1999.03.26 at 04:35:26(3151) I think you are asking about Xanthosoma atrovirens variegatum monstrosum, commonly known as the Mouse plant because it has the leaf cupped with a tail at the end. The leaf will actually hold water in the cup. The leaf is also heavily variegated white, and is puckered and has raised areas on the upper surface. I struggled with this plant for years until I set a pot in my garden area, intending to repot it. Forgotten, the plant escaped through the holes in the pot, and the new plants grew quickly in the rich wet soil, getting 3-4 feet tall with huge leaves about 16" x 20"! So I dumped the pot over, and just grew less tomatoes. Hope this helps. Don Bittel +More Palm City, Florida ---------- > From: Don Burns > To: dbittel@treco.net > Subject: Re: Xan. Amovirans Horrida > Date: Thursday, March 25, 1999 8:08 PM > > > Could someone tell me the proper cultural requirements for Xan. Amovirans= > > Horrida? I will be growing in S. Florida. Thank you! > > Lauderdale> > > Phil, > > You may not be receiving responses because your subject plant is not a > recognizable species. Could your plant really be X. atrovirens? > > In south Florida this plant should do well on a sphagnum totem or in a > pot with a typical soiless mixture. > > Don > > Don Burns Plantation, FL USA Zone 10b

From: Lester Kallus <lkallus at earthlink.net> on 1999.03.26 at 14:50:28(3152) So that's the name! Xanthosoma atrovirens variegatum monstrosum That's one of the plants I've been trying to find for a while. A couple years ago I described a syngonium with a cupped tip and was told it was a Xanthosoma but I didn't recall just which species. I should finally be able to grow it in appropriate conditions. Anyone know someone who carries it (preferably cheap)? Les

From: philscherer <71211.2545 at compuserve.com> on 1999.03.26 at 15:02:01(3154) Hi Don -- I bought it at the Aroid sale in Fairchild Garden and it has variegated leaves which are somewhat bunched and distorted near the tip.

From: Don Burns <burns at mobot.mobot.org> on 1999.03.26 at 15:45:11(3155) Phil, 50% shade/sun will probably be fine. Don Burns Plantation, FL USA Zone 10b

From: "Alan Galloway" <alan_galloway at bellsouth.net> on 1999.03.26 at 16:46:05(3156) > >I should finally be able to grow it in appropriate conditions. > >Anyone know someone who carries it (preferably cheap)? I believe I saw it listed on Dewey Fisk's plant list that he recently sent out. You can contact him at: plantnut@macconnect.com

From: Krzysztof Kozminski <kk at netgate.net> on 1999.03.26 at 18:09:06(3158) On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Lester Kallus wrote: > So that's the name! Xanthosoma atrovirens variegatum monstrosum > That's one of the plants I've been trying to find for a while. A couple > years ago I described a syngonium with a cupped tip and was told it was a > Xanthosoma but I didn't recall just which species. > > I should finally be able to grow it in appropriate conditions. > > Anyone know someone who carries it (preferably cheap)? Southern Exposure, and Glasshouse Works. I got one from GW, it was not cheap ($28) and rather tiny (it is shown in a 3-inch pot at the URL: http://u1.netgate.net/~kk/Araceae/Xanthosoma/atrovirens_monstrosum.html) +More ==================== "Microsoft is to software what Jack-in-the-Box is to gourmet cooking" Krzysztof Kozminski kk@netgate.net http://u1.netgate.net/~kk/

From: "Julius Boos" <ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 1999.03.27 at 02:48:39(3159) >Hi Don -- I bought it at the Aroid sale in Fairchild Garden and it has variegated leaves which are somewhat bunched and distorted near the tip. < Dear Friends, Just my stupid two cents worth as usual--- Are there not TWO forms of this plant, one with the 'cup' at the leaf tips ('monstrosum'), and one with the 'frills' at the mid-rib UNDERNEATH the leaf blades which I believe is called 'appendiculatum'?? +More Some time ago I used the second as an example of the RAPID vegetative evoloution that can occur in some Aroids, as the 'pups' or plantlets will vary from the parent plant, and their 'pups' from them! I`ve seen both varieties in varigated and plain green from time to time. Another point reguarding the scientific name, in Denni Bown`s wonderful book "AROIDS, Plants of the ARUM Family" , she uses "X. atrovirens" for these two plants, AS WELL AS the yellow-fleshed edible Xanthosoma, which I do not believe is the same species. This illustrates the need for an urgent revision of this genus--- Sue Thompson where are you??????????, Should grow well in very rich, well drained soil kept fairly damp, but allowed to become fairly dry between waterings. They are, like most Xanthosomas, spider mite magnets!! Good growing, Julius

From: philscherer <71211.2545 at compuserve.com> on 1999.03.27 at 15:55:02(3161) Thanks for the info Julius --- The best cure for spider mites is preditor= y mites. They eat the others -- eggs and all !!

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