Dracunculus

From: Kevin Martyn <martyn at telcomplus.com> on 1997.06.01 at 15:00:58(782) Does anyone know if Dracunculus vulgare is self-fertile and, if not, = does anyone have pollen they'd trade. I have three flowers about to = open. Also, can anyone recommend some good reference books for beginning = aroid enthusiasts? Kevin Martyn +More martyn@telcomplus.com

From: plantnut at shadow.net (Dewey Fisk) on 1997.06.01 at 20:00:03(784) > Also, can anyone recommend some good reference books for beginning = >aroid enthusiasts? > >Kevin Martyn Kevin, Never let it be said that I passed an opportunity to invite someone to join the IAS. We have 19 years of publishing behind us in Aroideana and there are articles on just tons of Aroids in this Journal. If you will send me your snail mail address, I will send you our new booklet which has a topical index, price list and a Membership Application. Just for general information, see below.... Dewey +More The International Aroid Society (IAS) was founded in June of 1977 at the home of Bette Waterbury, who became the first President. Dr. Michael Madison, Taxonomist at Marie Selby Botanical Garden in Sarasota, Florida was the Guiding Presence and became the Editor of our Scientific Journal, the Aroideana. The name was suggested by Dr. Dan Nicolson of the Smithsonian Institution. It means 'having to do with or pertaining to aroids.' The Society is dedicated to promoting the study of the aroid family in all its aspects. Membership is open to anyone who has an interest in this plant family. The IAS has been a fast moving organization. By the end of the year, 1977, there were already 73 members. This progress has continued. There are now over four hundred members world wide and we continue to grow. Publications: Aroideana is published one Volume per year and contains in excess of one hundred pages. Sometimes it is published more than once during the year and these additional Aroideanas are Numbered. Usually, the number of pages totals about one hundred for the year. This publication is devoted to the more scientific aspects of Araceae. The Newsletter is published quarterly and is a more 'chatty' publication. Here, announcements, general horticultural information, plant exchanges and new Aroid Literature are discussed. Visit our Web Page at >http://www.mobot.org/IAS/<. There you will find a multitude of information and a Membership Application. Membership Fees: Individual Membership (USA) $25.00 International (via Air Mail) $30.00 Libraries (Spec. Handling) $35.00 To become a Member, send your check in the appropriate amount, payable to 'International Aroid Society' to: Membership Chairman International Aroid Society P. O. Box 43-1853 South Miami, FL 33143 U.S.A. We would like to have *you* as our next new member! Dewey E. Fisk, Plant Nut THE PHILODENDRON PHREAQUE

From: "Mike Bordelon" <Bordelon.Mike at NMNH.SI.EDU> on 1998.10.15 at 18:12:32(2693) Hi Everybody, I have 1 year old seedlings of Dracunculus canariensis. Can someone tell me if this plant goes dormant. I was waiting for them to go dormant before I pull them out of the pan they are currently growing in. If they don't go dormant, I will transplant them now. Thanks in advance Mike Bordelon +More Botany Greenhouse Smithsonian Institution

From: Ellen Hornig <hornig at Oswego.EDU> on 1998.10.15 at 21:13:46(2695) On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Mike Bordelon wrote: > Hi Everybody, > > I have 1 year old seedlings of Dracunculus canariensis. Can someone tell > me if this plant goes dormant. I was waiting for them to go dormant > before I pull them out of the pan they are currently growing in. If they > don't go dormant, I will transplant them now. > Mike - since mature tubers of this species are just starting active growth now (i.e. spikes are pushing up above ground) I'd assume your seedlings managed to grow right through dormancy, and that you should try to keep them going now. My more mature tubers are dormant throughout the summer. An interesting aside: because these get so big (and are horribly attractive to spider mites) I keep mine in the cyclamen house over the winter, where a bottom heating system is designed to keep soil temps from falling below 40F or so. It's undoubtedly cooler than the species likes, but they survive; the foliage gets frozen from time to time, but sort of recovers. I think of them as "canaries"; a glance in the door, in midwinter, at the D. canariensis tells me whether the nighttime temp has managed to go below freezing. If it has, they look awful - but do recover, sort of. Ellen Hornig +More Seneca Hill Perennials Oswego, NY, USA USDA Z5b; mintemps -10 to -20F; 10' (3m) average annual snowfall

From: "Victor G. Soukup" <soukupvg at email.uc.edu> on 1998.10.16 at 16:09:27(2698) Mike, Dracunculus canariensis goes dormant, at least mine do. My three year old plants have been up about 3 weeks now and are already 2 feet tall. Regards, Vic +More At 01:15 PM 10/15/98 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Everybody, > > I have 1 year old seedlings of Dracunculus canariensis. Can someone tell >me if this plant goes dormant. I was waiting for them to go dormant >before I pull them out of the pan they are currently growing in. If they >don't go dormant, I will transplant them now. > >Thanks in advance > >Mike Bordelon >Botany Greenhouse >Smithsonian Institution > > > > Victor G. Soukup Assoc. Curator of the Herbarium Department of Biological Sciences P.O. Box 210006 University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 45221-0006 Herbarium phone: 513-556-9761 e-mail: soukupvg@email.uc.edu

From: "anna haigh" <anabaena at london.com> on 2008.09.19 at 15:33:04(18549) Dear all, I have juust bought a Dracunculus vulgaris tuber, which I believe to be hardy where I live in the UK. I just wondered whether anybody had any experience with this and how to get the best out of it. I'm excited to see how it will do. All the best, Anna HTML +More -- Be Yourself @ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com! --_----------=_1221838384163962----==============376435978455045537=

From: Sheldon Hatheway <sfhatheway at yahoo.com> on 2008.09.20 at 05:36:38(18551) Dear Anna, Congratulations on your purchase. Here in Canby, Oregon, USA, zone 7B I grow mine in the ground about 6" deep. They've been in the ground for about 50 years, during which time they have been dug, divided, and moved four times. My soil is sandy so even though it rains a lot during the winter and spring, I have had no problems with rot. I keep them watered during the growing season and don't worry about them after that. My wife mulches everything with leaves and grass clippings which is all the fertilizer they get. At this time they are sporting large, bright orange infructescences which contain hundreds of individual berries, each containing 1-3 seeds. The birds like to eat them when they are thoroughly ripe. Mine only have a very mild odor (either that or my nose is shorting out) and the huge purple inflorescences are so beautiful! I can hardly wait until next summer for them to bloom again. Best of luck with yours. Sheldon Hatheway HTML +More Canby OR USA ----- Original Message ---- From: anna haigh To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 8:33:04 AM Subject: [Aroid-l] Dracunculus Dear all, I have juust bought a Dracunculus vulgaris tuber, which I believe to be hardy where I live in the UK. I just wondered whether anybody had any experience with this and how to get the best out of it. I'm excited to see how it will do. All the best, Anna -- Be Yourself @ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com! --0-32069651-1221888998=:61752----==============w76540499191664082=

From: "Helen Johnstone" <hjohnstone at btconnect.com> on 2008.09.20 at 20:11:00(18555) From: "anna haigh" Subject: [Aroid-l] Dracunculus To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com +More Dear all,I have juust bought a Dracunculus vulgaris tuber, which I believe to be hardy where I live in the UK. I just wondered whether anybody had any experience with this and how to get the best out of it. I'm excited to see how it will do.All the best,Anna ----- Hi Anna. Yes, it is hardy in London. I keep mine in pots and pop them under plants in winter, then move them out into sun (if we get any!) when they grow next spring. Best, - helen __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3457 (20080919) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "E.Vincent Morano" <ironious2 at yahoo.com> on 2008.09.21 at 19:52:29(18562) I dont know what you are doing different but mine start waking up in the mid to late winter then flower in the spring and die back by mid to late spring. Is that normal? --- On Fri, 9/19/08, Sheldon Hatheway wrote: From: Sheldon Hatheway HTML +More Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Dracunculus To: "Discussion of aroids" Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 10:36 PM Dear Anna, Congratulations on your purchase. Here in Canby, Oregon, USA, zone 7B I grow mine in the ground about 6" deep. They've been in the ground for about 50 years, during which time they have been dug, divided, and moved four times. My soil is sandy so even though it rains a lot during the winter and spring, I have had no problems with rot. I keep them watered during the growing season and don't worry about them after that. My wife mulches everything with leaves and grass clippings which is all the fertilizer they get. At this time they are sporting large, bright orange infructescences which contain hundreds of individual berries, each containing 1-3 seeds. The birds like to eat them when they are thoroughly ripe. Mine only have a very mild odor (either that or my nose is shorting out) and the huge purple inflorescences are so beautiful! I can hardly wait until next summer for them to bloom again. Best of luck with yours. Sheldon Hatheway Canby OR USA ----- Original Message ---- From: anna haigh To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 8:33:04 AM Subject: [Aroid-l] Dracunculus Dear all, I have juust bought a Dracunculus vulgaris tuber, which I believe to be hardy where I live in the UK. I just wondered whether anybody had any experience with this and how to get the best out of it. I'm excited to see how it will do. All the best, Anna -- Be Yourself @ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com! _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --0-1585382877-1222026749=:59032----==============C27706526643169037=

From: "Marek Argent" <abri1973 at wp.pl> on 2008.09.22 at 13:55:14(18566) The same does my Dracunculus. I store it during winter in a fridge and in December it usually wakes up so I have to take it from the fridge and put near the window. It blooms usually in February and till the spring comes it is already dormant again. Marek Argent HTML +More ----- Original Message ----- From: E.Vincent Morano To: Discussion of aroids Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 9:52 PM Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Dracunculus I dont know what you are doing different but mine start waking up in the mid to late winter then flower in the spring and die back by mid to late spring. Is that normal? --- On Fri, 9/19/08, Sheldon Hatheway wrote: From: Sheldon Hatheway Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Dracunculus To: "Discussion of aroids" Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 10:36 PM Dear Anna, Congratulations on your purchase. Here in Canby, Oregon, USA, zone 7B I grow mine in the ground about 6" deep. They've been in the ground for about 50 years, during which time they have been dug, divided, and moved four times. My soil is sandy so even though it rains a lot during the winter and spring, I have had no problems with rot. I keep them watered during the growing season and don't worry about them after that. My wife mulches everything with leaves and grass clippings which is all the fertilizer they get. At this time they are sporting large, bright orange infructescences which contain hundreds of individual berries, each containing 1-3 seeds. The birds like to eat them when they are thoroughly ripe. Mine only have a very mild odor (either that or my nose is shorting out) and the huge purple inflorescences are so beautiful! I can hardly wait until next summer for them to bloom again. Best of luck with yours. Sheldon Hatheway Canby OR USA ----- Original Message ---- From: anna haigh To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 8:33:04 AM Subject: [Aroid-l] Dracunculus Dear all, I have juust bought a Dracunculus vulgaris tuber, which I believe to be hardy where I live in the UK. I just wondered whether anybody had any experience with this and how to get the best out of it. I'm excited to see how it will do. All the best, Anna -- Be Yourself @ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com! _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l __________ NOD32 Informacje 3458 (20080921) __________ Wiadomosc zostala sprawdzona przez System Antywirusowy NOD32 http://www.nod32.com lub http://www.nod32.pl ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01C91CCB.9A373D20----==============30547412363077402=

From: Sheldon Hatheway <sfhatheway at yahoo.com> on 2008.09.22 at 15:46:52(18567) Don't know about yours. There seems to be some variability in these plants. The only experience I've had with Dracunculus is with the ones I have in the garden. They are all from the same clone that I originally rescued from a deteriorating landscape back in the early 80s. The lady who owned the property said she had gotten it about 20+ years earlier. Mine emerge in late winter/early spring, grow to about 3' tall by mid-summer when they flower. They begin to die back in early fall. Aside from mulching with some grass clippings during the summer, I don't do anything to them. Sheldon Hatheway HTML +More Canby OR ----- Original Message ---- From: E.Vincent Morano To: Discussion of aroids Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 12:52:29 PM Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Dracunculus I dont know what you are doing different but mine start waking up in the mid to late winter then flower in the spring and die back by mid to late spring. Is that normal? --- On Fri, 9/19/08, Sheldon Hatheway wrote: From: Sheldon Hatheway Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Dracunculus To: "Discussion of aroids" Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 10:36 PM Dear Anna, Congratulations on your purchase. Here in Canby, Oregon, USA, zone 7B I grow mine in the ground about 6" deep. They've been in the ground for about 50 years, during which time they have been dug, divided, and moved four times. My soil is sandy so even though it rains a lot during the winter and spring, I have had no problems with rot. I keep them watered during the growing season and don't worry about them after that. My wife mulches everything with leaves and grass clippings which is all the fertilizer they get. At this time they are sporting large, bright orange infructescences which contain hundreds of individual berries, each containing 1-3 seeds. The birds like to eat them when they are thoroughly ripe. Mine only have a very mild odor (either that or my nose is shorting out) and the huge purple inflorescences are so beautiful! I can hardly wait until next summer for them to bloom again. Best of luck with yours. Sheldon Hatheway Canby OR USA ----- Original Message ---- From: anna haigh To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 8:33:04 AM Subject: [Aroid-l] Dracunculus Dear all, I have juust bought a Dracunculus vulgaris tuber, which I believe to be hardy where I live in the UK. I just wondered whether anybody had any experience with this and how to get the best out of it. I'm excited to see how it will do. All the best, Anna -- Be Yourself @ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com! _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --0-1198449983-1222098412=:81298----==============g89957379440100075=

From: Steve Marak <samarak at gizmoworks.com> on 2008.09.23 at 06:02:13(18571) I've grown Dracunculus vulgaris outdoors here in NW Arkansas, US, for more than 20 years and it's been surviving on its own in this area for at least 70 years. Doesn't spread on it's own, but established plants seem to be very tough and survive lots of abuse. During the time I've grown it, we've had a few -28 C overnight lows and many +38 C summer days. I don't give it any extra water in summer or mulch or other protection in winter, but I get inflorescences and seeds every year. Usually it flowers around the first of June here. It always comes up earlier here than it should, usually in late February, and so has to survive a number of hard frosts. My unscientific observation is that any temperature down to about -6 C will not permanently harm the foliage, as long as it warms up during the day, but lower temperatures (such as the disastrous Easter freeze of 2007, which went to -9 C on two consecutive April nights after weeks of warm weather) will cause serious, though not fatal, damage. Steve +More On Mon, 22 Sep 2008, Sheldon Hatheway wrote: > Don't know about yours. There seems to be some variability in these > plants. The only experience I've had with Dracunculus is with the ones > I have in the garden. They are all from the same clone that I > originally rescued from a deteriorating landscape back in the early 80s. > The lady who owned the property said she had gotten it about 20+ years > earlier. Mine emerge in late winter/early spring, grow to about 3' tall > by mid-summer when they flower. They begin to die back in early fall. > Aside from mulching with some grass clippings during the summer, I don't > do anything to them. > > Sheldon Hatheway > Canby OR > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: E.Vincent Morano > Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 12:52:29 PM > > I dont know what you are doing different but mine start waking up in the > mid to late winter then flower in the spring and die back by mid to late > spring. Is that normal? -- Steve Marak -- samarak@gizmoworks.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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