Variegated Amorphophallus??

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 +More Don Burns Fort Lauderdale FL USA Zone 10b

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 +More ----- 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 > > Don Burns > Fort Lauderdale FL USA > Zone 10b > > >

From: "Alan Galloway" alan_galloway at bellsouth.net> on 2000.05.28 at 01:21:56(4646) > >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 +More 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

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. +More 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 > > > ************************************************************* Michael Marcotrigiano Professor Rm 211 French Hall Dept of Plant and Soil Sciences Univ of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003 USA ------------------------------------ voice: 413-545-5227 fax: 413-545-3075 att: Michael Marcotrigiano email: marcotrigiano@pssci.umass.edu

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