Amorphophallus kiusianus seed

From: alan at unity.ncsu.edu on 1997.04.01 at 16:12:22(554) Back in July '95, I received some A. kiusianus seed from one of Wilbert's seed distributions. At long last they have begun to germinate! After such a long period of time I would have expected the germination to be sporadic, but strangely all of the seed are germinating at the same time. I don't know if this is typical of the species or if some other factor may have caused such a long delay in the germination. Upon receiving the seed I treated them the same as all other Amorphophallus seed that I have planted. Any other Aroiders have any experience with A. kiusianus seed. Alan +More ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alan Galloway alan_galloway@ncsu.edu P. O. Box 37456 galloway@pagesz.net Raleigh, N.C. 27627 (phone) 919-881-2008 U.S.A. (fax) 919-881-2008

From: "NAME \"Wilbert Hetterscheid\"" <W.HETTER at pbga.agro.nl> on 1997.04.01 at 21:49:08(555) Dear Alan, I have the same experience in germinating kiusianus. Same for the close relative of it, Am. henryi. For now I cannot explain why these two behave so different where most other species germinate in a period of 2 - 8 weeks after sowing. Maybe it is something in their ecology. +More Cheers, Wilbert

From: "Eric Walton" <ewalton at hort.cri.nz> on 1997.04.01 at 23:18:51(558) Dear All I did not get any A. kiusianus seed from Wilbert Hetterschied, but did get A. henryi. Wilbert suggested I reported my observations on A. henryi germmination to Aroid-L. I planted the seed and a few germinated in a relatively short time (Sorry extact dates are at home). I have a few warm (subtropical?) Indian Arisaema species (A. caudatum, A. neglectum, A. sahyadricum and a couple of others) and these seem to come into growth following a temperature drop. (If people are interested I can explain further.) I tried this temperature drop approach with A. henryi seeds and doubled the germination. This may relate to other 'recalcitrant' Araceae and is pehaps worth a punt? Eric Walton +More New Zealand (ewalton@hort.cri.nz)

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