Philodendron verrucosum

From: "MJ Hatfield" mjhatfield at oneota.org> on 2006.03.27 at 01:43:06(13992) Do any of you grow Philodendron verrucosum? (I don’t but it is very lovely.) What can you tell me about it? (Besides how lovely it is.) Thanks. MJ Hatfield +More _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: Neil Crafter golfstra at senet.com.au> on 2006.03.29 at 06:14:09(13996) Dear MJ I love P verrucosum, one of my favourite philos, with its red infusion at the back of the leaf blade and the branching pattern venation - plus the 'hairy' petioles! But its a bugger to grow - very sensitive I have found and I think it likes very high humidity and doesn't seem to like getting too cool. My plants leaves are fairly small and the internodes get fairly long and the stem fairly thin, but I have seen it in the tropics with rather large leaves and thick stem. A lovely, but difficult plant in my experience. cheers Neil Neil Crafter +More Philodendron enthusiast IAS Board member Adelaide, Australia On 27/03/2006, at 11:13 AM, MJ Hatfield wrote: Do any of you grow Philodendron verrucosum? (I don?t but it is very lovely.) What can you tell me about it? (Besides how lovely it is.) Thanks. MJ Hatfield _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: EGoldfluss at aol.com on 2006.03.29 at 12:56:43(13998) Sorry Neil but I have to disagree. I have been growing P. verrucosum on a windowsill in my back bedroom in partially obstructed eastern light for several years. It receives no special attention at all. It is growing beside an A. warocqueanum, a P. melsanochrysum and a P. warzewiczii. They are all potted in a fast draining mix and all are totemed on sphagnum poles. All are allowed to go to the dry side between thorough waterings and sometimes neglected. I move them outside for the summer months into a heavily obstructed Southern exposure and watered more frequently. +More Best regards, Ed Birmingham, AL _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Russ" chammer at cfl.rr.com> on 2006.03.29 at 14:18:00(13999) Agreed on the difficulty of growing verrucosum in normal growing conditions, including a shadehouse. I imagine in a high humidity, temp-controlled, wet-wall greenhouse, it would thrive. I've tried verrucosum several times without success. Russ +More central Fla _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: Betsy Feuerstein ecuador at midsouth.rr.com> on 2006.03.29 at 15:22:29(14000) Philodendron verrucosmum has many variations or if you are a botanist, many species that are similar. I have seen the leaves get to be huge and in full sun and I have seen it small at very high altitude in the Andes where it is cold as stew. It seems to just range along in the understory usually. Some have the hairy petioles and some do not. Some have tons of red veination and much color and others are more monochromatic. Another words, my verrucosmum may not be the same bird as your verrucosum. One thing for sure, some of them are gorgeous................ I grow it in a greenhouse and it wanders all over the place but try to tame it, and you may be sorry. Cutting it when it is not a good time for it and you may well kill all of it, both the cutting and the base. Then again, it may just take off. Sort of like other philos for me. Good growing to all......... Betsy +More Neil Crafter wrote: Dear MJ I love P verrucosum, one of my favourite philos, with its red infusion at the back of the leaf blade and the branching pattern venation - plus the 'hairy' petioles! But its a bugger to grow - very sensitive I have found and I think it likes very high humidity and doesn't seem to like getting too cool. My plants leaves are fairly small and the internodes get fairly long and the stem fairly thin, but I have seen it in the tropics with rather large leaves and thick stem. A lovely, but difficult plant in my experience. cheers Neil Neil Crafter Philodendron enthusiast IAS Board member Adelaide, Australia On 27/03/2006, at 11:13 AM, MJ Hatfield wrote: Do any of you grow Philodendron verrucosum? (I don?t but it is very lovely.) What can you tell me about it? (Besides how lovely it is.) Thanks. MJ Hatfield _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: Big Herm hermine at endangeredspecies.com> on 2006.03.29 at 16:18:41(14001) At 06:18 AM 3/29/2006, you wrote: Agreed on the difficulty of growing verrucosum in normal growing conditions, including a shadehouse. I imagine in a high humidity, temp-controlled, wet-wall greenhouse, it would thrive. I've tried verrucosum several times without success. Russ central Fla I grew mine eventually in a terrarium. I found it did OK, which is to say, it did not thrive, even in a greenhouse unless i grew it in the hyper humid, steamy hot greenhouse we called MALARIA, and which we used as an intense propagating house. hermine +More _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Denis Rotolante" denis at skg.com> on 2006.03.29 at 17:15:48(14004) Title: Message We have grown P. verrucosum in the nursery but never any large numbers. Like so many plants which originate in a cloud forest type environment it does not appreciate our Summer heat and always grows much better in the cooler Fall Winter and Spring Months. In the summer it stops growing and just stares back at you when you walk by. It is hard to root the cuttings so we lay the vines out on a tray of chopped sphagnum moss so they can grow roots at the nodes into the sphagnum. Denis +More _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: Ron Kaufmann kaufmann at sandiego.edu> on 2006.03.29 at 19:05:01(14007) According to records in the W3 Tropicos database, P. verrucosum has a very wide range, including Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Across this range, it has been reported from elevations of 50-2000 m, a truly impressive climatic breadth!! Assuming that P. verrucosum from across the entire range aren't a single, freely mixing gene pool, I'd guess that the cultural requirements of an individual plant will depend quite a lot on where it (or its parent(s)) originated. Betsy Feuerstein posted a message describing the diversity of plants that appear to be P. verrucosum (varying degrees of petiole fuzz, varying leaf size and color, varying habitat), and I can second her observations, having seen some of these beauties growing in the wild in Ecuador. For anyone interested in seeing photos of Ecuadorian P. verrucosum, I have several posted on my web site at home.sandiego.edu/~kaufmann/aroids.html (click on "Ecuadorian Aroids" and "Zamora" to see the P. verrucosum pictures). I have P. verrucosum from Central America and several from Ecuador in an intermediate greenhouse that stays moderately humid and reaches temperatures of 85 deg during the day, with night temperatures at this time of year down into the low 50s. The Ecuadorian plants, which are diverse, seem to grow better under these conditions than the Central American plants, and I've been impressed at the speed with which they shoot upward, once they're established. A really beautiful species, and one that I personally find well worth growing! Ron +More Big Herm wrote: At 06:18 AM 3/29/2006, you wrote: Agreed on the difficulty of growing verrucosum in normal growing conditions, including a shadehouse. I imagine in a high humidity, temp-controlled, wet-wall greenhouse, it would thrive. I've tried verrucosum several times without success. Russ central Fla I grew mine eventually in a terrarium. I found it did OK, which is to say, it did not thrive, even in a greenhouse unless i grew it in the hyper humid, steamy hot greenhouse we called MALARIA, and which we used as an intense propagating house. hermine _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: Big Herm hermine at endangeredspecies.com> on 2006.03.29 at 20:06:39(14010) At 09:15 AM 3/29/2006, you wrote: We have grown P. verrucosum in the nursery but never any large numbers. Like so many plants which originate in a cloud forest type environment it does not appreciate our Summer heat and always grows much better in the cooler Fall Winter and Spring Months. In the summer it stops growing and just stares back at you when you walk by. It is hard to root the cuttings so we lay the vines out on a tray of chopped sphagnum moss so they can grow roots at the nodes into the sphagnum. Denis I hate the way they just stare at you like that! where are you? this sounds terribly southern california to me. hermine +More _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Weaver, Bill" bill.weaver at hp.com> on 2006.03.30 at 06:56:52(14016) I got one from Ecuagenera and they said it was a cool grower. We'll see. Bill +More [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Ron KaufmannSent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 11:05To: Discussion of aroidsSubject: Re: [Aroid-l] Philodendron verrucosum According to records in the W3 Tropicos database, P. verrucosum has a very wide range, including Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Across this range, it has been reported from elevations of 50-2000 m, a truly impressive climatic breadth!! Assuming that P. verrucosum from across the entire range aren't a single, freely mixing gene pool, I'd guess that the cultural requirements of an individual plant will depend quite a lot on where it (or its parent(s)) originated. Betsy Feuerstein posted a message describing the diversity of plants that appear to be P. verrucosum (varying degrees of petiole fuzz, varying leaf size and color, varying habitat), and I can second her observations, having seen some of these beauties growing in the wild in Ecuador. For anyone interested in seeing photos of Ecuadorian P. verrucosum, I have several posted on my web site at home.sandiego.edu/~kaufmann/aroids.html (click on "Ecuadorian Aroids" and "Zamora" to see the P. verrucosum pictures). I have P. verrucosum from Central America and several from Ecuador in an intermediate greenhouse that stays moderately humid and reaches temperatures of 85 deg during the day, with night temperatures at this time of year down into the low 50s. The Ecuadorian plants, which are diverse, seem to grow better under these conditions than the Central American plants, and I've been impressed at the speed with which they shoot upward, once they're established. A really beautiful species, and one that I personally find well worth growing! Ron Big Herm wrote: At 06:18 AM 3/29/2006, you wrote: Agreed on the difficulty of growing verrucosum in normal growing conditions, including a shadehouse. I imagine in a high humidity, temp-controlled, wet-wall greenhouse, it would thrive. I've tried verrucosum several times without success. Russ central Fla I grew mine eventually in a terrarium. I found it did OK, which is to say, it did not thrive, even in a greenhouse unless i grew it in the hyper humid, steamy hot greenhouse we called MALARIA, and which we used as an intense propagating house. hermine _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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