Ulearum Donburnsii

From: Betsy Feuerstein ecuador at midsouth.rr.com> on 2002.05.15 at 02:43:50(8790) The Ulearum that Tsuh Yang is talking about is new to botany. The descriptive paper of this new specie is all but finished by Dr. Croat and will be published sometime soon in 'Aroideana.' It comes from very deep in the Ecuadorean Amazon Basin and is to be named in honor of our own Don Burns who recently passed away. This is only the second specie of Ulearum known and the first known from Ecuador. I have been growing this plant for a year in my greenhouse and it has not gone dormant and has had many flowers. It is quite easy to grow and flowers easily. The flower is not like anything that most have known. It has been in bloom almost the whole time I have had it. It is a flood plane plant which would lead one to believe that it might go dormant and come back as the floods come and go, and in nature that may be true. In a pot, I have not had it go dormant. Needless to say, it is terrestrial. The quite small heart shape leaves often have a white or cream or green on green contrasting design on the leaves. Some are almost a solid green with a shadow design. If any of you are interested in obtaining this plant, please contact me off the list. Betsy +More GeoffAroid@aol.com wrote: Tsuh yang, Ulearum will bloom regularly every year about this time, often producing large numbers of bloom (I havent got mine to set seed yet) but be aware that there is often leaf die back shortly afterwards - dont panic! It should then send up new leaf growth some time afterwards. Its a beautiful plant and so far for me has proven easy to grow in warm, bright conditions. Geoffrey Kibby London

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