Amorphophallus species source

From: Donald Mosser <dmosser at southconn.com> on 1997.08.20 at 13:49:36(1059) I am a new comer to Aroid-L with rather a single purpose in mind. A non-Interneting gardening friend of mine asked that I search out a source for Amorphophallus riverii. I've done a quick perusal of some Aroid related web sites and I'm unable to find this species listed anywhere. Perhaps riverii is an older botanical name which has been replaced by something else or this species has possibly been moved to another genus by plant taxonomists. I saw the information about the Aroid-L on the Web and figured that someone on this list must have more information about this species. Before I forget protocol, I should introduce myself. My name is Donald Mosser and I'm an avid gardener and iris collector. My favorites are species irises and hybrid Louisiana irises. I also belong to the American Iris Society, AIS, and the Iris-L which is the iris world equivalent of the Aroid-L. Sounds like two parallel universes to me - AIS as compared to IAS.:) At first glance the Aroids look like a very interesting set of plants. I must take a deeper look at some of the Aroid related web sites to see if there is something else that I should be growing other than irises. Thanks in advance to anyone who can provide me with more information of A. riverii. -Donald Donald Mosser +More dmosser@southconn.com North Augusta, SC, USA USDA Zone 8

From: HETTER <W.HETTER at pbga.agro.nl> on 1997.08.20 at 20:04:05(1060) Donald, The current name for Amorphophallus rivieri is Am. konjac! Search and thou shall find! Cheers, Wilbert

From: MJ Hatfield <oneota at ames.net> on 1997.08.22 at 13:37:20(1061) Can anyone tell me about Amorphophallus larsenii? I was recently given one and I don't find it in Aroideana #19. Thank you. MJ Hatfield

From: HETTER <W.HETTER at pbga.agro.nl> on 1997.08.22 at 15:24:48(1063) Dear Mary jane, Whothehell gave you that species AGAIN with the wrong name? It seems that people just don't read botanical papers, do they? O.k., your plant is Am. atroviridis. Look there and you'll also find the refernce to this misnomer, that seems hard to eradicate! Cheers, Wilbert p.s. it IS one of the best beauties in the genus!

From: Steve Marak <samarak at arachne.uark.edu> on 1997.08.24 at 18:48:57(1074) Donald, I suspect this is one of those cases where everyone thought someone else would respond and as a result no one did. There are lots of people on the list growing Amorphophallus konjac and as it is easy to grow, being perfectly hardy to at least USDA zone 6 and offsets freely, I'm sure we can find a source. Mine are in full growth right now or I'd send one myself - if you haven't got another source remind me in the fall and I'll pop one out of the ground for your friend. Wilbert, who is our resident Amorphophallus guru, mentioned that A. konjac is now the current name for A. rivieri, which I think also used to be known as Hydrosme rivieri. If you don't want to wait until fall, you might check out Park Seeds. They offer A. konjac fairly regularly in their bulb catalog, and in fact I got my first plant of it from them years ago. Keep in mind that if they ship you a dormant tuber now, it is somewhat out of synch with the seasons (I mentioned mine all have leaves up which have not yet begun to yellow, a sign of coming dormancy). Feel free to ask us about anything I've left out. Perhaps, if your non-networking friend uses you as a conduit to aroid resources on the web, it will rub off on you. Steve +More -- Steve Marak -- samarak@arachne.uark.edu

From: plantnut at shadow.net (Dewey Fisk) on 1997.08.25 at 13:42:36(1080) >I probably need another plant addiction like I need another hole in the >head, but what I've seen so far of the aroids is intriguing. At first >glance I had assumed that most of them were tropical plants, but it sounds >like a few would be hardy in my USDA zone 7b-8. Thanks again. > >-Donald > > >Donald Mosser Donald, Like one of the 10 steps.... admit your addiction and enjoy... At last count, I had over 50 plant families in the collection.... It is not all aroids... But, what a nice addiction... Dewey +More Dewey E. Fisk, Plant Nut THE PHILODENDRON PHREAQUE

From: Don Burns-EPUR01 <Don_Burns-EPUR01 at email.mot.com> on 1997.08.25 at 15:43:41(1088) That's 12 steps . . . . . ________________________________________________________ To: Burns-EPUR01 Don +More Subject: Re: Amorphophallus species source >I probably need another plant addiction like I need another hole in the >head, but what I've seen so far of the aroids is intriguing. At first >glance I had assumed that most of them were tropical plants, but it sounds >like a few would be hardy in my USDA zone 7b-8. Thanks again. > >-Donald > > >Donald Mosser Donald, Like one of the 10 steps.... admit your addiction and enjoy... At last count, I had over 50 plant families in the collection.... It is not all aroids... But, what a nice addiction... Dewey Dewey E. Fisk, Plant Nut THE PHILODENDRON PHREAQUE

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