Kind Request for ID

From: Marcin Wielicki shagar at silesia.top.pl> on 1999.12.22 at 15:22:01(3979) Dear Aroiders, I have just send 4 photos of my Amorphophallus to IAS Aroid Identification Page, I would like you to help me with ID. As I know this species comes from Sumatra. It produced two inflorescenses on one corm. Spathe was 15 cm. high, spadix 13 cm., penduncle 49-54 cm. Pollen is dusty one, not wet. Any suggestions are welocme. +More Kind regards Marcin

From: "D. Scherberich" earmag at cybercable.tm.fr> on 1999.12.23 at 20:42:34(3981) Dear Marcin, I have checked in Aroideana "Amorphophallus" issue (vol. 19) and it doesn't seem your plant is illustrated. When you take the list of species native to Sumatera and you take off the ones illustrated in Aroideana, here is what is left. So it might be one of these ... asper +More forbesii gracilis incurvatus obovoideus subcymbiformis With best regards, David Marcin Wielicki a *crit : > Dear Aroiders, > > I have just send 4 photos of my Amorphophallus to IAS Aroid Identification > Page, I would like you to help me with ID. As I know this species comes > from Sumatra. It produced two inflorescenses on one corm. Spathe was 15 cm. > high, spadix > 13 cm., penduncle 49-54 cm. Pollen is dusty one, not wet. Any suggestions > are welocme. > > Kind regards > Marcin -- David Scherberich 3, rue de la Broque 67000 Strasbourg France Email: earmag@cybercable.tm.fr http://www.cybercable.tm.fr/~earmag

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 1999.12.25 at 17:13:19(3983) Dear Marcin, I had a look at your photos and compared them to the ones in Aroideana Vol. 19, I could not find a match. There is but one thing left to do now---scream! WILBERT!!! He will have an answer!! Have a Merry Christmas, all my Aroid Friends!! Cheers, Julius +More >Dear Aroiders, I have just send 4 photos of my Amorphophallus to IAS Aroid Identification Page, I would like you to help me with ID. As I know this species comes from Sumatra. It produced two inflorescenses on one corm. Spathe was 15 cm. high, spadix 13 cm., penduncle 49-54 cm. Pollen is dusty one, not wet. Any suggestions are welocme. Kind regards Marcin<

From: Marcin Wielicki shagar at silesia.top.pl> on 1999.12.29 at 04:34:40(3989) Dear All, Please find below the ID suggestion, that I have received from Wilbert Hetterscheid: +More "...This Amorphophallus on the ID page is clearly a member of the elusive Amorphophallus beccarii-alliance, a taxonomically very complicated small group, endemic to Sumatra (names as A. beccarii, subcymbiformis, gracilis, cobra, paucisectus etc. all belong to it);...The double inflorescence is the result of the fact that the tuber is in asplitting-process and has obviously developed two dominant apical shoots. It will develop on to produce two independent tubers in time..." Best regards Marcin Wielicki

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