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Variegated Amorphophallus??
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From: Don Burns donburns at macconnect.com> on 2000.05.27 at 02:56:22(4642)
I have what I believe is an Amorphophallus muelleri that has put up a
variegated leaf. I don't believe I have heard anyone mention such an
animal. Do I have a sick plant/tuber? Or is this something that happens
once in a blue moon?
Don
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Don Burns
Fort Lauderdale FL USA
Zone 10b
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From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2000.05.27 at 15:26:56(4644)
Hello Don,
This is the phalloid-doctor....... Variegation MAY suddenly appear as a
mutation but the other possibility, a sickness (nutrient deficiency or a
viral infection) may also lead to variegation. When the variegation is
irregular, fuzzy, irregular stripe-like, it may be that last option, a
virus............. There is a virus that has recently gotten the name
konjac-break-virus that has been found by the phytoguys here in Holland and
is also known to occur in Zantedeschia. Zantedeschia however may hold a
variety of 15 viruses, so this new one was named after A. konjac, where it
seems to be the only virus. If you can make a photo of the leaf and a send a
scan, I'll help you out.
There IS a third possibility.....but that wouldn't shine well on
you......and that is that you have mixed a plant or a label and you're
looking at a variegated Pseudodracontium (P. lacourii or P.
harmandii)..........
Can you already see the primordial foliar bulbil in the centre of the leaf?
If so, then it is muelleri.
Wilbert
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----- Original Message -----
To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
Sent: zaterdag 27 mei 2000 4:56
Subject: Variegated Amorphophallus??
> I have what I believe is an Amorphophallus muelleri that has put up a
> variegated leaf. I don't believe I have heard anyone mention such an
> animal. Do I have a sick plant/tuber? Or is this something that happens
> once in a blue moon?
>
> Don
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> Don Burns
> Fort Lauderdale FL USA
> Zone 10b
>
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From: "Alan Galloway" alan_galloway at bellsouth.net> on 2000.05.28 at 01:21:56(4646)
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>This is the phalloid-doctor....... Variegation MAY suddenly appear as a
>mutation but the other possibility, a sickness (nutrient deficiency or a
>viral infection) may also lead to variegation.
I concur with Wilbert on the issue of variegation in Amorphophallus. I have
one
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A. paeoniifolius that regularly has a small section of the leaf with a
beautiful
splashing of white vareigation. Sadly I have not been able to root the
variegated
section via stem cutting. Of the 4 or 5 times that I have planted A.
paeoniifolius
seed, there always seems to be a few variegated seedlings that also sadly
don't
live long enough to form a good size tuber. I've also seen variegation
appear in
A. prainii seelings.
As for viral variegation, I have seen this once in a plant of A.
paeoniifolius. And as
Wilbert stated it has a rather blurred, yellowish pattern. Quite sickly
looking.
A fellow variegated plant collector sent me a form of A. konjac that he
calls 'Aurea',
but you really have to use your imagination to see the 'Aurea' in the
leaves. I've been
hoping to hybidize this so-called A. konjac 'Aurea' with the black stemmed
form of
A. konjac with the goal of getting the yellow leaf with the black stem, but
so far the
plants have not bloomed in synch yet.
Alan
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From: Michael Marcotrigiano marcotrigiano at pssci.umass.edu> on 2000.05.30 at 22:20:25(4653)
It is entirely possible. If the leaf is variegated only on one side and this
species makes baby tubers I'd suggest marking the pot so you know what
region is most likely to have a variegated offspring. I'm developing
something interesting along those lines in another species - so it is possible.
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At 09:56 PM 05/26/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>I have what I believe is an Amorphophallus muelleri that has put up a
>variegated leaf. I don't believe I have heard anyone mention such an
>animal. Do I have a sick plant/tuber? Or is this something that happens
>once in a blue moon?
>
>Don
>
>Don Burns
>Fort Lauderdale FL USA
>Zone 10b
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