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From: "Dr. Guanghua Zhu" <gzhu at LEHMANN.MOBOT.ORG> on 1997.07.16 at 15:27:41(953) This is a message sent to me. Please help if you can. Thank you very much. Please make sure copy your responce to WELCH SHELLIE . I don't believe the person in on Aroid-l. (DOn and Dewey, should we send a welcome message?). Thanks. Guanghua +More ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 19:19:00 +0000 (GMT) Subject: ID needed.... To: zhu@mobot.org Importance: normal Priority: non-urgent Hello. I got your name and e-mail address from the Int'l Aroid Society page on the internet. I need your assistance. I believe that I may have stumbled upon a calla that is hardy in Indiana, zone 5. I live on the SE side of Indianapolis, between Beech Grove and Wanamaker. For the last 3 years or so, I have had what looks like a calla voluntarily coming up in my garden. The plant has now doubled and has finally bloomed (1 on each division) and I am almost certain that it is a calla. The leaves are arrow shaped, white-spotted, point upward and are about 2 feet tall. The bloom is a single creamy white petal that wraps around a yellow stamen and stands about 3 feet tall. The bloom itself is about 6". It looks just like the photo at http://www.premier.net/~chapman/calla2.jpg except that it is white. I believe that the plant 'piggy-backed' a ride into my garden with some siberian iris, as it is growing amongst them. The plant is located about 15 feet from my house in my front yard. It has no winter or summer protection from the elements. I have done nothing special to the soil there with the exception of mulching it this year. Are there callas that are hardy in Indianapolis? If not, how should I go about propagating this one? Is there an Aroid specialist in the area that might like to see it? Thank you for your help. Shellie Welch Shellie@Lilly.com (317) 356-3139 home (317) 277-5470 work 8-5 Guanghua Zhu Missouri Botanical Garden P. O. Box 299 St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, USA Phone: (314)577-9454 Fax: (314)577-9438

From: "James W. Waddick" <jim-jim at swbell.net> on 1997.07.16 at 23:49:15(955) Dear Arpoid L; Thisd sounds like Z. aethiopica which I grew for years in Zone 5/6 where it multiplied went toseed self sowed etc. It grew without protection, but was planted near a sidewalk which probably help conserve some heat. best jim W. James W. Waddick Voice: 816 746 1949 8871 NW Brostrom Rd E-MAIL: jim-jim@swbell.net Kansas City MO 64152 Fax: 816 746 1939 Zone 5/6 - +More Winter low -10°F Summer high +100°F

From: "Robert Wagner" <robwagner at robwagner.seanet.com> on 1997.07.17 at 15:41:47(959) Most likely, Zantedeschia albo-maculata. It has a well-defined dormancy and is surprisingly hardy. Unlike its big semi-aquatic kin Z. aethiopica it won't tolerate poor drainage but it's otherwise an easy plant. See if the "white petal" (the spathe) isn't purplish down in the throat near the base. Robert +More ---------- > Hello. I got your name and e-mail address from the Int'l Aroid Society > page on the internet. I need your assistance. I believe that I may have > stumbled upon a calla that is hardy in Indiana, zone 5. > > I live on the SE side of Indianapolis, between Beech Grove and Wanamaker. > For the last 3 years or so, I have had what looks like a calla voluntarily > coming up in my garden. The plant has now doubled and has finally bloomed > (1 on each division) and I am almost certain that it is a calla. The > leaves are arrow shaped, white-spotted, point upward and are about 2 feet > tall. The bloom is a single creamy white petal that wraps around a yellow > stamen and stands about 3 feet tall. The bloom itself is about 6". It > looks just like the photo at http://www.premier.net/~chapman/calla2.jpg > except that it is white. > > I believe that the plant 'piggy-backed' a ride into my garden with some > siberian iris, as it is growing amongst them. The plant is located about > 15 feet from my house in my front yard. It has no winter or summer > protection from the elements. I have done nothing special to the soil > there with the exception of mulching it this year. > > Are there callas that are hardy in Indianapolis? If not, how should I go > about propagating this one? Is there an Aroid specialist in the area that > might like to see it? > > Thank you for your help. > > Shellie Welch > Shellie@Lilly.com > (317) 356-3139 home > (317) 277-5470 work 8-5 > > > Guanghua Zhu > Missouri Botanical Garden > P. O. Box 299 > St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, USA > Phone: (314)577-9454 > Fax: (314)577-9438 >

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