amorphs inside

From: GeoffAroid at aol.com on 2002.10.06 at 19:38:01(9496) Regarding growing Amorph species inside the house I currently grow about 20 species of which I keep about 15 in the house, the hardier species growing outdoors for the summer. I find that all species of Amorph grown so far have no problems at all in the house; as I write I have a very nice titanum about 4 feet high, plus a hewittii of about about the same height etc. The only problem is to ensure they get as much light as possible so I recommend a very sunny window. Otherwise just use large pots, lots of feed and stand back! I also have a Dracontium gigas of around 6 feet and a Anchomanes difformis almost as tall, they look very exotic indeed with there mottled and spiky stems. +More Also thanks to Wilbert for the Anchomanes dalzielli seeds which arrived safely. Regards to all, Geoffrey Kibby

From: "Randy Story" story at caltech.edu> on 2002.10.07 at 07:09:36(9497) Hi Geoffrey, Wow! Just curious what your conditions are in terms of humidity and temperature, including diurnal variation. Can I also assume these are grown near a south facing window? Those are pretty amazing "houseplants". Randy +More ---------- >From: GeoffAroid@aol.com >To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu >Subject: Re: [aroid-l] amorphs inside >Date: Sun, Oct 6, 2002, 12:38 PM > > Regarding growing Amorph species inside the house I currently grow about 20 > species of which I keep about 15 in the house, the hardier species growing > outdoors for the summer. I find that all species of Amorph grown so far have > no problems at all in the house; as I write I have a very nice titanum about > 4 feet high, plus a hewittii of about about the same height etc. The only > problem is to ensure they get as much light as possible so I recommend a very > sunny window. Otherwise just use large pots, lots of feed and stand back! I > also have a Dracontium gigas of around 6 feet and a Anchomanes difformis > almost as tall, they look very exotic indeed with there mottled and spiky > stems. > > Also thanks to Wilbert for the Anchomanes dalzielli seeds which arrived > safely. > > Regards to all, > Geoffrey Kibby >

From: GeoffAroid at aol.com on 2002.10.07 at 21:25:08(9502) In a message dated 7/10/02 16:47:07, story@caltech.edu writes: >Just curious what your conditions are in terms of humidity and temperature, >including diurnal variation. Can I also assume these are grown near a >south +More >facing window? Hi Randy, My windows face due east so get full morning sun until about mid or late morning then bright for the rest of the day. Temperature is very uniform on the whole, about low 70s on average. Humidity is rather high because I have so many plants in the room plus our climate is fairly cool/humid on average; I would guess the average is about 50 percent humidity. Of course as the plants get too large they have to go elsewhere, either into a greenhouse or if they are tough enough into the garden for the summer. Regards, Geoffrey

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