Dracontium pittieri pictures

From: SCHERBERICH earmag at cybercable.tm.fr> on 2000.09.13 at 14:41:46(5423) Dear aroid enthusiasts, I have just found some nice pictures of Dracontium pittieri from the Botany Department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison that deserve to be seen: http://www.wisc.edu/botit/tour/Roomeight-Dr.html David -- David Scherberich +More Email: earmag@cybercable.tm.fr http://www.cybercable.tm.fr/~earmag/

From: "Jay Vannini" interbnk at terra.com.gt> on 2000.09.13 at 21:01:05(5428) Hmmmm... Never been particularly inspired by tuberous terrestrial aroids (Amorphophallus aficionados, please feel free to spontaneously combust right about here) - but the spathe on this baby is "Bo-koo Zoo-perb"! To those "in the know" - is this a fair example of D. pittieri - or is it an atypically gorgeous specimen. If the former, may consider jostling my Anthurium pots a tad to make room for one. Cheerio - Jay P. +More -----Original Message----- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Date: Mi?rcoles, 13 de Septiembre de 2000 08:42 a.m. Subject: Dracontium pittieri pictures >Dear aroid enthusiasts, > >I have just found some nice pictures of Dracontium pittieri from the >Botany Department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison that deserve to >be seen: > >http://www.wisc.edu/botit/tour/Roomeight-Dr.html > >David > >-- >David Scherberich > >Email: earmag@cybercable.tm.fr >http://www.cybercable.tm.fr/~earmag/ > > >

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 2000.09.14 at 14:19:30(5431) Dear David (and Jay!), Something smells 'rotten' here, and it`s NOT the Dracontium! This is not D. pittierii, but I am 99.999% certain it is in fact the other giant species from Cen. America, D. gigas!! D. pittierri has a peduncle of over 2 mts (6-7 ft!!) and the 'white' area within the spathe extends upwards higher than the height of the spadix, whereas D. gigas has a peduncle of 'only' +- 1 mt, or 2-3 ft., and the white area is shorter than the spadix. By the way, this 'white', translucent area is thought to attract flies and other insects into the spathe, it is thought that they see the light through it and fly into the spathe and downwards towards it, and in so doing assist in pollenation. Yes, Jay, the color and texture of the spathe`s interior is certainly a thing of rare beauty, and I believe this would be par for the course with this species! For other Dracontium 'lovers' out there, THE most beautiful species is D. croatii from Western Ecuador! And GOOD news, Jay--you are ideally situated to be able to have BOTH these species in your collection SOON, as both are native to Costa Rica! No matter which species it is, thanks a lot to David for sharing this wonder of nature with all of us! Hope to meet and see some of you in Miami in two weeks time! Cheers, Julius +More ju-bo@msn.com >Dear aroid enthusiasts, I have just found some nice pictures of Dracontium pittieri from the Botany Department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison that deserve to be seen: http://www.wisc.edu/botit/tour/Roomeight-Dr.html David -- David Scherberich Email: earmag@cybercable.tm.fr http://www.cybercable.tm.fr/~earmag/

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2000.09.16 at 15:00:24(5442) > Hmmmm... > > Never been particularly inspired by tuberous terrestrial aroids > (Amorphophallus aficionados, please feel free to spontaneously combust right +More > about here) - Could somebody of the moderators get this man OFF the list IMMEDIATELY!!!!!! Listen, you censor this group or you don't but this one must have slipped through..........right? Tell me I am right!! PLEASE!!!! but the spathe on this baby is "Bo-koo Zoo-perb"! O.k., that's a mild consolation..... > To those "in the know" - is this a fair example of D. pittieri - or is it an > atypically gorgeous specimen. If the former, may consider jostling my > Anthurium pots a tad to make room for one. As Julius has rightly written, to my mind, we are talking D. gigas here. However, I must admit that the spathe inside is really much more red than in my plant. So, is there a slight chance that this is an accidentally SHORT-pedunculate pittieri??? Does D. pittieri have such a red spathe-inside? Hey, Guanghua, get off your ... and help us out here!!!!! Wilbert (climbing aroids' worst nightmare!)

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 2000.09.18 at 14:45:18(5448) > Hmmmm... > > Never been particularly inspired by tuberous terrestrial aroids > (Amorphophallus aficionados, please feel free to spontaneously combust right +More > about here) - >Could somebody of the moderators get this man OFF the list IMMEDIATELY!!!!!! Listen, you censor this group or you don't but this one must have slipped through..........right? Tell me I am right!! PLEASE!!!!< I guess it just must have slipped through them, oh Lord Pr--oops, I meant Lord Phallus, of course! >but the spathe on this baby is "Bo-koo Zoo-perb"! >O.k., that's a mild consolation..... > To those "in the know" - is this a fair example of D. pittieri - >or is it an atypically gorgeous specimen. If the former, may >consider jostling my Anthurium pots a tad to make room for one. >As Julius has rightly written, to my mind, we are talking D. gigas here. However, I must admit that the spathe inside is really much more red than in my plant. So, is there a slight chance that this is an accidentally SHORT-pedunculate pittieri??? Does D. pittieri have such a red spathe-inside? Hey, Guanghua, get off your ... and help us out here!!!!!< It does seem VERY red, almost like a 'ceramic'-textured surface, but perhaps this may be caused by the film or camera used? Perhaps we should contact th garden and ask someone there?? I am certain that this is D. gigas, and not D. pittieri, as the former has a rounded top or apex of its spathe, while D. pittieri has an acute or more pointed apex to its spathe, and the height of the white markings on the bottom/inside of the spathe are distinctive. >Wilbert (climbing aroids' worst nightmare!)< Cheers, Julius

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