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incredible dracunculus
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From: Stacy Holtzman <sholtzma at sunflower.bio.indiana.edu> on 1999.06.10 at 15:21:52(3422)
Hi aroiders,
I just saw the most awesome aroid, Dracunculus vulgaris (sp?),I have to
obtain it for my garden! I just went to Munchkin Nursery in Southern
Indiana, and it has grown there for a number of years as a display plant
and was just getting ready to bloom. I missed the bloom, but want to try
it for hardiness where I live, as I am just north of this nursery and
probably have a similar freeze zone.
Could somebody eee me privately about vendors for this plant? I want to get
some.
Stacy
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Stacy Holtzman
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Bloomington, Indiana Z5b
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From: Bob Burns <bobburns61 at yahoo.com> on 1999.06.11 at 15:23:07(3423)
Stacy-Are you ready to put up with
something that stinks to high heaven? The bloom is
spectacular, but I'd go back to the nursery and get a
whiff, if the thing is still in bloom. Maybe plant it
somewhere you can see from a distance! I had people
complaining about mine a full sixty feet away.
In any case, maybe someone on the list has more
than they want, and can part with some!
Bob Burns
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--- Stacy Holtzman
wrote:
> Hi aroiders,
> I just saw the most awesome aroid, Dracunculus
> vulgaris (sp?),I have to
> obtain it for my garden! I just went to Munchkin
> Nursery in Southern
> Indiana, and it has grown there for a number of
> years as a display plant
> and was just getting ready to bloom. I missed the
> bloom, but want to try
> it for hardiness where I live, as I am just north of
> this nursery and
> probably have a similar freeze zone.
>
> Could somebody eee me privately about vendors for
> this plant? I want to get
> some.
>
> Stacy
>
> Stacy Holtzman
> Howard Hughes Medical Institute
> Bloomington, Indiana Z5b
>
>
>
>
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From: Doug Burdic <dburdic at presys.com> on 1999.06.11 at 19:29:07(3424)
I must have some type of 'Daffodil Mart Odorless' clone, since mine have
bloomed two years in a row now and really don't have any detectable
odor. Maybe it has something to do with the media they're grown in? I
doubt it, but it is puzzling. Now...Helicodiceros...here's a plant whose
bloom could literally 'wake the dead'.
Take Care,
Doug (who is wondering why his Dracunculus flowers are odorously
challenged)
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Bob Burns wrote:
>
> Stacy-Are you ready to put up with
> something that stinks to high heaven? The bloom is
> spectacular, but I'd go back to the nursery and get a
> whiff, if the thing is still in bloom. Maybe plant it
> somewhere you can see from a distance! I had people
> complaining about mine a full sixty feet away.
> In any case, maybe someone on the list has more
> than they want, and can part with some!
> Bob Burns
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From: Stacy Holtzman <sholtzma at sunflower.bio.indiana.edu> on 1999.06.11 at 19:34:44(3425)
Yes, Bob, I am willing to put up with the smells. I just hope that people
don't think that it's me vs. a plant in my garden! haha
I have had really good personal response to this question of where to get
some bulbs; thanks a lot everyone. I looked at the appropriate websites
for some nurseries and the prices are very reasonable.
One good thing also about the smells, Bob: I could plant these beauties
around the perimeter of the five acres I live on and repel the deer.
Stacy
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Stacy Holtzman
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Bloomington, Indiana Z5b
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From: Bob Burns <bobburns61 at yahoo.com> on 1999.06.11 at 20:13:02(3426)
Stacy and aroiders;
I doubt the Dracunculus would do much as a deer
repellent, only staying in bloom a few days out of the
year. At our place (in the 'bush' of central GA) only
a 15 ft. fence is enough. But be it noted that aroids
(of which I've several) don't seem to ever be victims
of the deer at all, and most of mine are outside this
fence. Does anyone concur, or duspute?
Bob Burns-
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From: "Susan Cooper" <SCooper at cooperpower.com> on 1999.06.12 at 02:09:48(3429)
Hey, if that is the case, I'll take one too!!
Has the list been really quiet lately- or am I not getting all my mail???
Susan Cooper
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Wisconsin, USA zone 5
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>>> Bob Burns said: (snipped)
Stacy-Are you ready to put up with
something that stinks to high heaven? The bloom is
spectacular, but I'd go back to the nursery and get a
whiff, if the thing is still in bloom.
In any case, maybe someone on the list has more
than they want, and can part with some!
Bob Burns
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From: Neil Carroll <zzamia at hargray.com> on 1999.06.12 at 02:18:52(3431)
At 03:13 PM 6/11/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Stacy and aroiders;
> I doubt the Dracunculus would do much as a deer
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>repellent, only staying in bloom a few days out of the
>year. At our place (in the 'bush' of central GA) only
>a 15 ft. fence is enough. But be it noted that aroids
>(of which I've several) don't seem to ever be victims
>of the deer at all, and most of mine are outside this
>fence. Does anyone concur, or duspute?
> Bob Burns-
Being a landscaper on Hilton Head Island, SC, a place with a nationaly
known deer problem, I would have to say that most aroids are resistant to
deer browsing. But.... they will defanatly eat caladiums. No experience
with dracunculus. I'll have to try it on the deer heer.
Neil
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From: Damian Trownson <DrPaulBear at xtra.co.nz> on 1999.06.12 at 02:23:53(3432)
Doug Burdic wrote:
>
> I must have some type of 'Daffodil Mart Odorless' clone, since mine have
> bloomed two years in a row now and really don't have any detectable
> odor. Maybe it has something to do with the media they're grown in? I
> doubt it, but it is puzzling. Now...Helicodiceros...here's a plant whose
> bloom could literally 'wake the dead'.
>
> Take Care,
>
> Doug (who is wondering why his Dracunculus flowers are odorously
> challenged)
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> Bob Burns wrote:
> >
> > Stacy-Are you ready to put up with
> > something that stinks to high heaven? The bloom is
> > spectacular, but I'd go back to the nursery and get a
> > whiff, if the thing is still in bloom. Maybe plant it
> > somewhere you can see from a distance! I had people
> > complaining about mine a full sixty feet away.
> > In any case, maybe someone on the list has more
> > than they want, and can part with some!
> > Bob Burns
Bob I have a large number of Dracunculas growing on my fence lines,last
year one of my neighbours rang the local health inspectors,he complained
that there was something dead in my place.LOL I never told them what it
was .I understand that removal of the pistol will take care of the
problem ,in the meantime the place is for sale and I am moving ,with my
bulbs to a bigger property ,and no neighbours ,
regards to all.
Paul in New Zealand ,mid winter and aroids shooting .
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From: MJ Hatfield <oneota at ames.net> on 1999.06.15 at 02:38:42(3433)
Bob,
While hiking in the woods of NE Iowa three weeks ago, I noted that about
1/4 of the Arisaema triphyllum blossoms were snipped off at the base of
the spadix. I just "assumed" that deer (heavily populated area) did the
snipping. Perhaps not.
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MJ Hatfield
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From: Rand Nicholson <writserv at nbnet.nb.ca> on 1999.06.15 at 02:50:21(3436)
Hi All:
>At 03:13 PM 6/11/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>Stacy and aroiders;
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>> I doubt the Dracunculus would do much as a deer
>>repellent, only staying in bloom a few days out of the
>>year. At our place (in the 'bush' of central GA) only
>>a 15 ft. fence is enough. But be it noted that aroids
>>(of which I've several) don't seem to ever be victims
>>of the deer at all, and most of mine are outside this
>>fence. Does anyone concur, or duspute?
>> Bob Burns-
>
>
>Being a landscaper on Hilton Head Island, SC, a place with a nationaly
>known deer problem, I would have to say that most aroids are resistant to
>deer browsing. But.... they will defanatly eat caladiums. No experience
>with dracunculus. I'll have to try it on the deer heer.
>
>Neil
I say it again: Deer will avoid plants treated with sulphur powder. Cats
avoid areas when the stuff is dusted on the soil.
Cheap. Easy.
Rand
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From: StellrJ at aol.com on 1999.06.15 at 02:56:58(3438)
In a message dated 6/11/99, 1:12:53 PM, aroid-l@mobot.org writes:
<< But be it noted that aroids
(of which I've several) don't seem to ever be victims
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of the deer at all, and most of mine are outside this
fence. Does anyone concur, or duspute?>>
For the most part, I concur. The only time I have seen our native Lysichitum
americanus chewed up by deer was on an island with too many deer, where
everything except stinging nettle was heavily browsed and still the deer
looked bony. (English holly looked as if it had been repeatedly sheared.)
So unless you live on a similar island, I suspect deer will not mess with
your aroids.
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From: Stacy Holtzman <sholtzma at sunflower.bio.indiana.edu> on 1999.06.15 at 03:13:33(3443)
Bob,
None of my aroids in the garden are ever bothered by anything, including deer.
Stacy
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Stacy Holtzman
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Bloomington, Indiana Z5b
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From: Genny38 at webtv.net (Genny'38) on 1999.06.16 at 13:54:07(3444)
Hello Everybody:
I joined this list to learn more about these plants. So far I have been
learning a lot, and sometimes I laugh about the deer problem....I am
from Guadalajara, Mexico, Spanish speaking and trying my best in
English. So this is a question for all of you!
I was given a couple of years ago, a bulb (redish brown) with no name or
instructions in how to care for it....I found myself a pot to put it,
but to my surprise the bulb was growing so fast...and suddenly gave me
the most beautiful but strange looking flower, with a strange smell
also, (not to stinky) I had a parade of relatives and neighbors wanting
to see "My master piece".....I consulted gardening books in Spanish with
no result....so I said to myself, "one day I will find out, what's the
name of my bulb"....and I guess after to much hesitation in my side, and
learning first to deal with this electronic box, I found this list, and
here I am....asking this question to people that knows so much about
this matter.
Also I would like to know where can I buy bulbs, seeds in USA.... not
delivered to Mexico ofcourse, but to a California (USA) address of a
friend of mine, that has told me to use it for my "plant adventure"
I sincerely thank all of you in advance.....
Genny, from Guadalajara, Mexico
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