green Gonatopus

From: "Cooper, Susan L." SLBryant at scj.com> on 2003.09.25 at 17:37:24(10627) Hi all, Does anyone remember seeing the green form of Gonatopus at the show/sale? What is the name of it, or is it only "green form"? Thanks! Susan

From: "Albert Huntington" amh at ieee.org> on 2003.09.25 at 20:33:31(10628) Susan, Wasn't Don Bittel there with some big pots of that? Called it "Jolly Green Giant" or some such thing, though I think most of us know it as simply the green form... --Albert +More ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- Reply-To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:37:24 -0500 >Hi all, >Does anyone remember seeing the green form of Gonatopus at the show/sale? >What is the name of it, or is it only "green form"? >Thanks! > >Susan > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the EV1 webmail system at mail.ev1.net

From: Steve Marak samarak at gizmoworks.com> on 2003.09.26 at 05:20:38(10630) Phil Muller sent me an all-green gonatopus years ago; I've heard the "Jolly Green Giant" name thrown around, and the plant I have does seem even larger and more vigorous than the usual mottled-stem version, but I don't know if that's really a clone or strain nor if so whether my plant is that. Of course, being a gonatopus, I now have several more of them ... but I kinda like gonatopus. (I can almost hear the Floridians shuddering.) Steve +More On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Albert Huntington wrote: > Wasn't Don Bittel there with some big pots of that? Called it > "Jolly Green Giant" or some such thing, though I think most of us > know it as simply the green form... > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: "Cooper, Susan L." > Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:37:24 -0500 > > >Hi all, > >Does anyone remember seeing the green form of Gonatopus at the > show/sale? > >What is the name of it, or is it only "green form"? > >Thanks! -- Steve Marak -- samarak@gizmoworks.com

From: "Cooper, Susan L." SLBryant at scj.com> on 2003.09.26 at 12:10:56(10632) I did see some pots of it, but I can't remember what the label said. I took a picture of a plant in the "rainforest" at Fairchild and wanted to label it correctly..... Susan +More Susan, Wasn't Don Bittel there with some big pots of that? Called it "Jolly Green Giant" or some such thing, though I think most of us know it as simply the green form... --Albert --

From: Plantman521 at aol.com on 2003.09.28 at 02:56:27(10646)

From: Plantman521 at aol.com on 2003.09.29 at 01:11:00(10649) Susan, Yes, I had 3 pots of the green form for sale on the member's table, and only sold one (discounted), and gave away the other two. The Miami crowd consider them weeds, but it is a pretty green color. When I brought home a 15 gallon monster plant of this from the show a few years ago (from Scott Hyndman), my kids called it the 'Jolly Green Giant', and that's what I have called it ever since. Not a 'legal' name, but it does fit. But it still doesn't sell even with a good name. I think it is totally different than boivinii, since it flowers before the foliage comes up, (the regular form flowers after the foliage), and it goes dormant for a short time in early summer, where boivinii goes dormant for most of the winter. And to my untrained eye, the flowers look different also. And it is a much larger plant in all of it's parts. Maybe it would sell if Wilbert renames it as a new Amorphophallus? Don Bittel

From: "Cooper, Susan L." SLBryant at scj.com> on 2003.09.29 at 12:25:35(10653) Thanks Don. Gonatopus is definitely not a weed up in the midwest. Pinellia, on the other hand.... I liked the plant, but just didn't have room in my suitcase! Susan +More -----Original Message----- Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 8:11 PM To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu Subject: Re: [aroid-l] green Gonatopus Susan, Yes, I had 3 pots of the green form for sale on the member's table, and only sold one (discounted), and gave away the other two. The Miami crowd consider them weeds, but it is a pretty green color. When I brought home a 15 gallon monster plant of this from the show a few years ago (from Scott Hyndman), my kids called it the 'Jolly Green Giant', and that's what I have called it ever since. Not a 'legal' name, but it does fit. But it still doesn't sell even with a good name. I think it is totally different than boivinii, since it flowers before the foliage comes up, (the regular form flowers after the foliage), and it goes dormant for a short time in early summer, where boivinii goes dormant for most of the winter. And to my untrained eye, the flowers look different also. And it is a much larger plant in all of it's parts. Maybe it would sell if Wilbert renames it as a new Amorphophallus? Don Bittel

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