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Amorphophallus bulbifer stories
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From: Albert Huntington BALBERTH at yahoo.com> on 2000.07.11 at 00:56:49(5038)
Hello, List.
I would like to bring up a couple of observations about my A. bulbifer and
ask some questions.
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I keep my A. bulbifer in a greenhouse (low 65F, high 90F, Humidity 80%+), and
around last September I noticed that the leaf ( about 2ft high ) was beginning
to wilt, perhaps in preparation for dormancy of some sort. Since the plant had
been growing pretty vigorously, I figured that I would try out a procedure that
I had read on the list for taking petiole cuttings, and harvest a few of the
bulbils along the way. I removed the leaf from the tuber and cut the petiole
into 2-3" long sections which I sealed into a plastic bag with some damp
sphagnum peat. I stored the tuber in the fridge over the winter, figuring that
I did not have room for the plant with everything else overwintering in my
greenhouse, should it decide to come back up. I also stored a bunch of little
tubers that had formed attached to the big tuber.
Much to my amazement, the petioles did in fact form even more little tubers
after a month or two.
Now, in March, I figured it was time to pot out the tubers, so I took them
from the fridge, where they had kept relatively well, and I planted them in
pots in the greenhouse. I then proceeded to wait. And wait. And wait.
About early June, a few of the small tubers had sprouted, but not the big
one. Now, in July, I finally see a small pink shoot on top of my bigger
tuber. Some more of the smaller tubers I had potted up are beginning to
sprout. Every single other Amorph I have, including the ones Wilbert sent out
this spring, is pretty much in full leaf by now. This is somewhat puzzling to
me.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to why my A. bulbifer and its offshoots
should be poking their heads out so late this year? Is it because I stressed
the plant by cutting off its head a bit early? Does it have something to do
with its long siesta in the fridge? Is A. bulbifer just a late species?
Anybody else have any experiences like this with other species?
Thanks in advange for your answers...
--Albert
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From: Jody Haynes webmaster at plantapalm.com> on 2000.07.11 at 02:23:28(5041)
Albert,
This will certainly not help you unravel your apparent mystery, but I could add
that my A. bulbifer was the first to emerger (from the ground) this year,
some time
in May. The bulbils from last year that I had sown in a container earlier this
spring emerged about a month later. My largest plant has a leaf about 3
feet tall
now, but still has not flowered. How big does this species need to be before it
flowers?
My A. paenifolius emerged in June and the leaf reached 4 feet. This one
also has
not flowered...again same question: how big 'til it blooms?
Jody (in Miami)
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Albert Huntington wrote:
> Hello, List.
>
> I would like to bring up a couple of observations about my A. bulbifer and
> ask some questions.
>
> I keep my A. bulbifer in a greenhouse (low 65F, high 90F, Humidity
>80%+), and
> around last September I noticed that the leaf ( about 2ft high ) was
>beginning
> to wilt, perhaps in preparation for dormancy of some sort. Since the
>plant had
> been growing pretty vigorously, I figured that I would try out a
>procedure that
> I had read on the list for taking petiole cuttings, and harvest a few of the
> bulbils along the way. I removed the leaf from the tuber and cut the petiole
> into 2-3" long sections which I sealed into a plastic bag with some damp
> sphagnum peat. I stored the tuber in the fridge over the winter,
>figuring that
> I did not have room for the plant with everything else overwintering in my
> greenhouse, should it decide to come back up. I also stored a bunch of
>little
> tubers that had formed attached to the big tuber.
> Much to my amazement, the petioles did in fact form even more little tubers
> after a month or two.
>
> Now, in March, I figured it was time to pot out the tubers, so I took them
> from the fridge, where they had kept relatively well, and I planted them in
> pots in the greenhouse. I then proceeded to wait. And wait. And wait.
> About early June, a few of the small tubers had sprouted, but not the big
> one. Now, in July, I finally see a small pink shoot on top of my bigger
> tuber. Some more of the smaller tubers I had potted up are beginning to
> sprout. Every single other Amorph I have, including the ones Wilbert
>sent out
> this spring, is pretty much in full leaf by now. This is somewhat
>puzzling to
> me.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to why my A. bulbifer and its offshoots
> should be poking their heads out so late this year? Is it because I stressed
> the plant by cutting off its head a bit early? Does it have something to do
> with its long siesta in the fridge? Is A. bulbifer just a late species?
> Anybody else have any experiences like this with other species?
>
> Thanks in advange for your answers...
>
> --Albert
>
> =====
> Albert Huntington San Jose, CA U.S.A.
> Visit my greenhouse at:
> http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Jungle/1436
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From: Al Wootten awootten at NRAO.EDU> on 2000.07.11 at 21:46:28(5048)
I have several A. bulbifer now. Grandaddy is always late, and I haven't seen
a shoot from him yet. Plants which were bulbils on Grandaddy four years ago
are not yet up. The youngest, seedlings year before last, are up.
Bulbils from the last three years are up, at various stages of development.
All but the seedlings spend the winter in a closet greenhouse with my
orchids in their pots; they generally collapse just as winter is coming
on.
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I have had no flowers yet...but still hoping this year...
Clear skies,
Al
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From: mb.cfg at mindspring.com on 2000.07.11 at 21:47:12(5049)
To Jody/Albert and all,
If it is any help at all, I have noticed that Amorphs, and be very
unpredictable as far as their growth cycle. Some seem to come up early,
some come up late, go down early, go down late, etc..
I have regularly observed that species act differently from year to year
with little explanation. I can recently remember last "winter" in Dewey's
shadehouse, plants were "sprouting" in November and later. There was of
course no explanation for this, but I do have a theory:
Most Amorphophallus plants come from areas that are extremely tropical. I
dont just mean tropical, I mean "extremely" tropical. Even much more so
than S. Florida (where I live). What this translates to is that the
climatic environment of all of these plants tends to be very stable and
they generally do not experience the extremes we do. This may account for
plants not acting with "super" predictability in cultivation. For example,
my A. titanum specimen plants seem to always go dormant in the "spring"
very much like the ones at Fairchild gardens. Now, I am in the Northern
hemisphere, the same as where the plants grow naturally, yet "springtime"
does not seem like an appropriate time to go dormant. You would imagine
that "winter" would make more sense, so that the plant would avoid adverse
weather conditions (lack of rain, cooler or colder temps, etc...)
Another issue is the "skipped season", I have read that some plants, just
outright can stay dormant and miss an entire season. My A. curvist. plant
is not yet up this year and upon further inspection does not look like it
is going to even try. It has been in moist soil for well over 5 months and
it is still solid, unrotted and yet it has not even sent out roots. It
looks like it is going to sleep this one out.
Who knows, they are just weird!
Marc Burack
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aroid-l@mobot.org wrote:
> Albert,
This will certainly not help you unravel your apparent mystery, but I could add
that my A. bulbifer was the first to emerger (from the ground) this year,
some time
in May. The bulbils from last year that I had sown in a container earlier this
spring emerged about a month later. My largest plant has a leaf about 3
feet tall
now, but still has not flowered. How big does this species need to be before it
flowers?
My A. paenifolius emerged in June and the leaf reached 4 feet. This one
also has
not flowered...again same question: how big 'til it blooms?
Jody (in Miami)
Albert Huntington wrote:
> Hello, List.
>
> I would like to bring up a couple of observations about my A. bulbifer and
> ask some questions.
>
> I keep my A. bulbifer in a greenhouse (low 65F, high 90F, Humidity
>80%+), and
> around last September I noticed that the leaf ( about 2ft high ) was
>beginning
> to wilt, perhaps in preparation for dormancy of some sort. Since the
>plant had
> been growing pretty vigorously, I figured that I would try out a
>procedure that
> I had read on the list for taking petiole cuttings, and harvest a few of the
> bulbils along the way. I removed the leaf from the tuber and cut the petiole
> into 2-3" long sections which I sealed into a plastic bag with some damp
> sphagnum peat. I stored the tuber in the fridge over the winter,
>figuring that
> I did not have room for the plant with everything else overwintering in my
> greenhouse, should it decide to come back up. I also stored a bunch of
>little
> tubers that had formed attached to the big tuber.
> Much to my amazement, the petioles did in fact form even more little tubers
> after a month or two.
>
> Now, in March, I figured it was time to pot out the tubers, so I took them
> from the fridge, where they had kept relatively well, and I planted them in
> pots in the greenhouse. I then proceeded to wait. And wait. And wait.
> About early June, a few of the small tubers had sprouted, but not the big
> one. Now, in July, I finally see a small pink shoot on top of my bigger
> tuber. Some more of the smaller tubers I had potted up are beginning to
> sprout. Every single other Amorph I have, including the ones Wilbert
>sent out
> this spring, is pretty much in full leaf by now. This is somewhat
>puzzling to
> me.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to why my A. bulbifer and its offshoots
> should be poking their heads out so late this year? Is it because I stressed
> the plant by cutting off its head a bit early? Does it have something to do
> with its long siesta in the fridge? Is A. bulbifer just a late species?
> Anybody else have any experiences like this with other species?
>
> Thanks in advange for your answers...
>
> --Albert
>
> =====
> Albert Huntington San Jose, CA U.S.A.
> Visit my greenhouse at:
> http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Jungle/1436
> -----------------------------------------------
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From: Walter Greenwood walterg at nauticom.net> on 2000.07.12 at 02:29:50(5056)
Jody & Albert,
My A's. bulbifer are also following their own schedule. The 4 tubers I brought
outside early this spring flowered about 2 weeks ago, and the flowers are now
wilted. No sign yet of leaves. The 2 same sized tubers I left inside in a
sunroom
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are still doing nothing. The bulbils I harvested last year and potted up
at the
same time as the outside 4 tubers have now all produced vigorous new
growth. My A.
paeoniifloius, potted up and outside in the sunshine since early spring, are
producing roots but no top growth yet. My bulbifers, incidentally, came from
Wilbert's distribution of seeds (Thanks Wilbert!) about 4 or 5 years ago in
which
they were initially identified as "A. variabilis", until they all started
coming up
pink. This is their first year for flowers, with tubers about 6" to 6.5" in
diameter. The flowers are things of great beauty, and not too putrid.
Walter G. in Pittsburgh, PA
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From: Tim & Mary McNinch Newton at coiinc.com> on 2000.07.12 at 03:15:04(5061)
Mine are doing the same. My largest is only just showing the leaf about to
emerge
and is 6" tall. They have been in the soil for 60 days or more.
Tim
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Albert Huntington wrote:
> Hello, List.
>
> I would like to bring up a couple of observations about my A. bulbifer and
> ask some questions.
>
> I keep my A. bulbifer in a greenhouse (low 65F, high 90F, Humidity
>80%+), and
> around last September I noticed that the leaf ( about 2ft high ) was
>beginning
> to wilt, perhaps in preparation for dormancy of some sort. Since the
>plant had
> been growing pretty vigorously, I figured that I would try out a
>procedure that
> I had read on the list for taking petiole cuttings, and harvest a few of the
> bulbils along the way. I removed the leaf from the tuber and cut the petiole
> into 2-3" long sections which I sealed into a plastic bag with some damp
> sphagnum peat. I stored the tuber in the fridge over the winter,
>figuring that
> I did not have room for the plant with everything else overwintering in my
> greenhouse, should it decide to come back up. I also stored a bunch of
>little
> tubers that had formed attached to the big tuber.
> Much to my amazement, the petioles did in fact form even more little tubers
> after a month or two.
>
> Now, in March, I figured it was time to pot out the tubers, so I took them
> from the fridge, where they had kept relatively well, and I planted them in
> pots in the greenhouse. I then proceeded to wait. And wait. And wait.
> About early June, a few of the small tubers had sprouted, but not the big
> one. Now, in July, I finally see a small pink shoot on top of my bigger
> tuber. Some more of the smaller tubers I had potted up are beginning to
> sprout. Every single other Amorph I have, including the ones Wilbert
>sent out
> this spring, is pretty much in full leaf by now. This is somewhat
>puzzling to
> me.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to why my A. bulbifer and its offshoots
> should be poking their heads out so late this year? Is it because I stressed
> the plant by cutting off its head a bit early? Does it have something to do
> with its long siesta in the fridge? Is A. bulbifer just a late species?
> Anybody else have any experiences like this with other species?
>
> Thanks in advange for your answers...
>
> --Albert
>
> =====
> Albert Huntington San Jose, CA U.S.A.
> Visit my greenhouse at:
> http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Jungle/1436
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> __________________________________________________
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> Get Yahoo! Mail ? Free email you can access from anywhere!
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From: SelbyHort at aol.com on 2000.07.13 at 02:05:00(5077)
I thought that the "sweet smelling" Amorphophallus bulbifers are really A.
muelleri. Seems like this has been mentioned before. The two species are very
similar and muelleri has often been distributed as bulbifer.
Is this right? I just changed names on some plants here at Selby from Amorph.
bulbifer to muelleri based on the smell. They flowered last month.
Lord P tell me I have not made a big mistake!
Donna Atwood
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<< My bulbifers, incidentally, came from
Wilbert's distribution of seeds (Thanks Wilbert!) about 4 or 5 years ago in
which
they were initially identified as "A. variabilis", until they all started
coming up
pink. This is their first year for flowers, with tubers about 6" to 6.5" in
diameter. The flowers are things of great beauty, and not too putrid.
Walter G. in Pittsburgh, PA >>
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From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2000.07.13 at 23:32:48(5093)
Lord P says........"both species are horrendous stinkers. The smell
consisting of organic sulphides that make your head spin! Whoever claims
that either of these species has a sweet scent.........needs a thorough
nose-job. I don't think this is the way to distinguish them."
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----- Original Message -----
To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
Sent: donderdag 13 juli 2000 4:04
Subject: Re: Amorphophallus bulbifer stories
> I thought that the "sweet smelling" Amorphophallus bulbifers are really A.
> muelleri. Seems like this has been mentioned before. The two species are
very
> similar and muelleri has often been distributed as bulbifer.
>
> Is this right? I just changed names on some plants here at Selby from
Amorph.
> bulbifer to muelleri based on the smell. They flowered last month.
>
> Lord P tell me I have not made a big mistake!
>
> Donna Atwood
>
> << My bulbifers, incidentally, came from
> Wilbert's distribution of seeds (Thanks Wilbert!) about 4 or 5 years ago
in
> which
> they were initially identified as "A. variabilis", until they all started
> coming up
> pink. This is their first year for flowers, with tubers about 6" to 6.5"
in
> diameter. The flowers are things of great beauty, and not too putrid.
>
> Walter G. in Pittsburgh, PA >>
>
>
>
>
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From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 2000.07.14 at 22:48:13(5104)
Dear Lord P (Richard the Great??),
There is an Amorphophallus here in Florida much like A. bulbifer in that it
produces bulbils on the leaf 'joints' that does produce a BEAUTIFUL, tall,
chalice-like bloom that smells WONDERFUL, quite unlike the stench of A.
bulbifer. It is sold by Charlie Mc Daniel at Shows as the 'Good-smelling
A. bulbifer'.
Any ideas??
Cheers,
Julius
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Lord P says........"both species are horrendous stinkers. The smell
consisting of organic sulphides that make your head spin! Whoever claims
that either of these species has a sweet scent.........needs a thorough
nose-job. I don't think this is the way to distinguish them."
----- Original Message -----
To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
Sent: donderdag 13 juli 2000 4:04
Subject: Re: Amorphophallus bulbifer stories
> I thought that the "sweet smelling" Amorphophallus bulbifers are really A.
> muelleri. Seems like this has been mentioned before. The two species are
very
> similar and muelleri has often been distributed as bulbifer.
>
> Is this right? I just changed names on some plants here at Selby from
Amorph.
> bulbifer to muelleri based on the smell. They flowered last month.
>
> Lord P tell me I have not made a big mistake!
>
> Donna Atwood
>
> << My bulbifers, incidentally, came from
> Wilbert's distribution of seeds (Thanks Wilbert!) about 4 or 5 years ago
in
> which
> they were initially identified as "A. variabilis", until they all started
> coming up
> pink. This is their first year for flowers, with tubers about 6" to 6.5"
in
> diameter. The flowers are things of great beauty, and not too putrid.
>
> Walter G. in Pittsburgh, PA >>
>
>
>
>
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From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2000.07.15 at 16:17:03(5119)
Well, that is a surprise to me. The only species with that clear a
bulbil-formation AND smelling o.k. is Am. yuloensis, but I have never seen
that flower on a long stalk. Honestly, this is a great surprise, since, and
I am repeating myself, both bulbifer and muelleri are bad, bad, bad........
But, possibly, some people perceive the sulphides as "pleasant", like bottle
flies do..........
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Cheers,
Lord P. (Richard??? Since when does "Richard" start with a "P.", unless his
bladder was full......?).
----- Original Message -----
To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
Sent: zaterdag 15 juli 2000 0:48
Subject: Re: Amorphophallus bulbifer stories
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wilbert Hetterscheid
> To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
> Date: Thursday, July 13, 2000 7:34 PM
> Subject: Re: Amorphophallus bulbifer stories
>
>
> Dear Lord P (Richard the Great??),
>
> There is an Amorphophallus here in Florida much like A. bulbifer in that
it
> produces bulbils on the leaf 'joints' that does produce a BEAUTIFUL, tall,
> chalice-like bloom that smells WONDERFUL, quite unlike the stench of A.
> bulbifer. It is sold by Charlie Mc Daniel at Shows as the 'Good-smelling
> A. bulbifer'.
>
> Any ideas??
>
> Cheers,
>
> Julius
> Lord P says........"both species are horrendous stinkers. The smell
> consisting of organic sulphides that make your head spin! Whoever claims
> that either of these species has a sweet scent.........needs a thorough
> nose-job. I don't think this is the way to distinguish them."
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
> Sent: donderdag 13 juli 2000 4:04
> Subject: Re: Amorphophallus bulbifer stories
>
>
> > I thought that the "sweet smelling" Amorphophallus bulbifers are really
A.
> > muelleri. Seems like this has been mentioned before. The two species are
> very
> > similar and muelleri has often been distributed as bulbifer.
> >
> > Is this right? I just changed names on some plants here at Selby from
> Amorph.
> > bulbifer to muelleri based on the smell. They flowered last month.
> >
> > Lord P tell me I have not made a big mistake!
> >
> > Donna Atwood
> >
> > << My bulbifers, incidentally, came from
> > Wilbert's distribution of seeds (Thanks Wilbert!) about 4 or 5 years
ago
> in
> > which
> > they were initially identified as "A. variabilis", until they all
started
> > coming up
> > pink. This is their first year for flowers, with tubers about 6" to
6.5"
> in
> > diameter. The flowers are things of great beauty, and not too putrid.
> >
> > Walter G. in Pittsburgh, PA >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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From: SelbyHort at aol.com on 2000.07.16 at 03:17:39(5130)
Julius,
I think this is what we had labeled as Amorphophallus bulbifer. I just
changed the tag to A. muelleri but I am not so sure this is correct. The
inflorescence smells a bit like a light tropical citrus or gingery smell. It
is not very strong smelling but certainly does not smell stinky or rotten or
otherwise repulsive. Bulbils form at the base of the blades. The spathe
interior is a lovely shell pink. I wish I still had an inflorescence for a
better description but our plants bloomed about a month ago. These plants
have been here for several years outdoors (have no idea about the source of
the plant, but possibly came from Sun Bulb?) and we have often referred to it
as the "nice smelling bulbifer".
I would check my Aroideana Amorphophallus volume to compare Wilbert's
descriptions of both Amorph. bulbifer and A. muelleri but have loaned it out
and did not get it back! I'll never do that again!
Donna Atwood
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<<
There is an Amorphophallus here in Florida much like A. bulbifer in that it
produces bulbils on the leaf 'joints' that does produce a BEAUTIFUL, tall,
chalice-like bloom that smells WONDERFUL, quite unlike the stench of A.
bulbifer. It is sold by Charlie Mc Daniel at Shows as the 'Good-smelling
A. bulbifer'.
Any ideas??
Cheers,
Julius
>>
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From: "Don Bittel" dbittel at treco.net> on 2000.07.16 at 05:36:11(5132)
Donna,
I bought one of these bulbifer from Sun Bulb years ago, and noticed it
looked different from the regular ones. the stem had vertical lines and
looked more like a muelleri. back then I did not have muelleri to compare.
I can't find it now and don't know if I still have it. But muelleri has a
spotted spathe that would not be mistaken for bulbifer, so this 'sweet
bulbifer' must be something besides muelleri.
Don Bittel
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> From: SelbyHort@aol.com
> To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
> Subject: Re: Amorphophallus bulbifer stories
> Date: Saturday, July 15, 2000 11:18 PM
>
> Julius,
> I think this is what we had labeled as Amorphophallus bulbifer. I just
> changed the tag to A. muelleri but I am not so sure this is correct. The
> inflorescence smells a bit like a light tropical citrus or gingery smell.
It
> is not very strong smelling but certainly does not smell stinky or rotten
or
> otherwise repulsive. Bulbils form at the base of the blades. The spathe
> interior is a lovely shell pink. I wish I still had an inflorescence for
a
> better description but our plants bloomed about a month ago. These plants
> have been here for several years outdoors (have no idea about the source
of
> the plant, but possibly came from Sun Bulb?) and we have often referred
to it
> as the "nice smelling bulbifer".
>
> I would check my Aroideana Amorphophallus volume to compare Wilbert's
> descriptions of both Amorph. bulbifer and A. muelleri but have loaned it
out
> and did not get it back! I'll never do that again!
>
> Donna Atwood
>
> <<
> There is an Amorphophallus here in Florida much like A. bulbifer in that
it
> produces bulbils on the leaf 'joints' that does produce a BEAUTIFUL,
tall,
> chalice-like bloom that smells WONDERFUL, quite unlike the stench of A.
> bulbifer. It is sold by Charlie Mc Daniel at Shows as the
'Good-smelling
> A. bulbifer'.
>
> Any ideas??
>
> Cheers,
>
> Julius
> >>
>
>
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From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 2000.07.16 at 17:30:17(5134)
Dear Donna,
Thanks for taking the time to answer and give the info. on the 'sweet
smelling' A. bulbifer. I have only run into it a couple of times, the last
was several years ago at a Plant Show and Sale here in W.P.B. at the Mounts
Bot. Garden, Charlie Mc Daniel had a plant in bloom, and my description is
based on that memory. I believe that the bloom was exactly as you
describe, and many stopped to smell and marvel at this 'non-stinky'
Amorphophallus, a really nice smell and a BEAUTIFUL, chalice-like
inflorescence, pink and a light salon was involved in it`s colors, I
believe. I remember the peduncle as being rather tall? Am I correct on
this part of my memory, as Wilbert seems to be very interested as to this
point. I have put out a call to try to find a specimen around here that we
can to send to Wilbert.
In the interest of science, I believe that Selby should try to get a plant
of this to Lord P. post-haste, as it does need a correct name! Seemingly
rather jaded now after all the sometimes nondescript, stinky and ugly phalli
that he has been forced to inspect, perhaps a new, handsome, nice-smelling
one would be just the 'pick-me-up' that he needs!! What think ye, oh great
Lord P.???Think you could help with this task??
Cheers and good growing to all,
Julius
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ju-bo@msn.com
>Julius,
I think this is what we had labeled as Amorphophallus bulbifer. I just
changed the tag to A. muelleri but I am not so sure this is correct. The
inflorescence smells a bit like a light tropical citrus or gingery smell. It
is not very strong smelling but certainly does not smell stinky or rotten or
otherwise repulsive. Bulbils form at the base of the blades. The spathe
interior is a lovely shell pink. I wish I still had an inflorescence for a
better description but our plants bloomed about a month ago. These plants
have been here for several years outdoors (have no idea about the source of
the plant, but possibly came from Sun Bulb?) and we have often referred to
it
as the "nice smelling bulbifer".
I would check my Aroideana Amorphophallus volume to compare Wilbert's
descriptions of both Amorph. bulbifer and A. muelleri but have loaned it out
and did not get it back! I'll never do that again!
Donna Atwood
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There is an Amorphophallus here in Florida much like A. bulbifer in that it
produces bulbils on the leaf 'joints' that does produce a BEAUTIFUL, tall,
chalice-like bloom that smells WONDERFUL, quite unlike the stench of A.
bulbifer. It is sold by Charlie Mc Daniel at Shows as the 'Good-smelling
A. bulbifer'.
Any ideas??
Cheers,
Julius
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