Typhonium violifolium

From: Don Burns donburns at macconnect.com> on 2000.07.13 at 23:47:36(5094) Just acquired Typhonium violifolium and am observing an interesting growth habit. Two leaves have emerged. I would describe these leaves as reniform to orbicular, a little unusual for Araceae in general. But the fascinating thing about the leaves is thay are both hugging the planting medium. They are lying flat on top of the medium, and petioles have grown just long enough to allow the leaves remain flat on the surface. I have not found a reference to this plant anywhere, except on Tropicos. Can someone steer me to information, horticultural or otherwise? Thanks. Don Burns +More Fort Lauderdale FL USA Zone 10b

From: DBurch2345 at aol.com on 2000.07.14 at 03:04:02(5101) Don - I hesitate to suggest this, but your description sounds awfully like some of the kaempferias that make a couple of leaves of that shape that hug the ground. They are on the market as K. galanga, but may not all be that. I push potting medium under mine as they get close to the edge of the pot to make them ride up over it, otherwise they get very frustrated. Derek Burch

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2000.07.14 at 22:52:47(5111) Don, There is no real horticultural info on it, since it has never been in cultivation on any relevant scale. The ground-hugging may be real, or the result of deep potting. My plants do it but often enough they also raise the leaf-blade well above the surface. You'll be surprised too to find that the leaf stalks produce bulbils much like Pinellia ternata. The inflorescence of T. violiifolium is small but has a VERY strong sweet scent, filling a mega-greenhouse all by its own. Enjoy!! Wilbert +More ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Sent: vrijdag 14 juli 2000 1:47 Subject: Typhonium violifolium > Just acquired Typhonium violifolium and am observing an interesting growth > habit. Two leaves have emerged. I would describe these leaves as reniform > to orbicular, a little unusual for Araceae in general. But the fascinating > thing about the leaves is thay are both hugging the planting medium. They > are lying flat on top of the medium, and petioles have grown just long > enough to allow the leaves remain flat on the surface. > > I have not found a reference to this plant anywhere, except on Tropicos. > Can someone steer me to information, horticultural or otherwise? > Thanks. > > > > Don Burns > Fort Lauderdale FL USA > Zone 10b > > >

From: "Peter Boyce" p.boyce at rbgkew.org.uk> on 2000.07.14 at 23:09:58(5115) Don That's a perfect description of T. violiifolium. I've seen this species in Laos, carpeting an entire roadside for several metres in precisely the manner you describe. Another thing to watch out for is that it will produce adventitious bulbils at the base of the leaf lamina (at the junction of the petiole) AND at the tip of the lamina. Pete +More ------------- Peter Boyce Herbarium Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE Tel. (+44) (0)20 8 332 5207 fax. (+44) (0)20 8 332 5278 email: p.boyce@rbgkew.org.uk (work) boyce@pothos.demon.co.uk (home)

From: "James W. Waddick" jim-jim at swbell.net> on 2000.07.29 at 16:01:15(5167) Warning Could not process message with given Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Listproc-outter-1916"

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