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  Question - A. spectabilis
From: "Allan Tetzlaff" <atetzlaff at rogers.com> on 2007.02.24 at 12:36:14(15334)
Anyone know the storage requirements for this
species? Dry or in soil? Mine's just going down for it's first nap,
so that info would be really handy, Thanks.

Allan

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From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" <hetter at xs4all.nl> on 2007.02.24 at 17:10:24(15338)
Keep in soil!!!

Wilbert

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From: piaba <piabinha at yahoo.com> on 2007.02.25 at 00:49:08(15345)
Alocasia? Anthurium? i assume you mean
Amorphophallus. or Asterostigma? Amydrium?

--- Allan Tetzlaff wrote:

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From: ALLAN TETZLAFF <atetzlaff at rogers.com> on 2007.02.25 at 18:29:02(15349)
sorry, yes, Amorphophallus spectabilispiaba wrote: Alocasia? Anthurium? i assume you meanAmorphophallus. or Asterostigma? Amydrium? --- Allan Tetzlaff wrote:> Anyone know the storage requirements for this> species? Dry or in soil? Mine's just going down> for it's first nap, so that info would be really> handy, Thanks.=========tsuh yang____________________________________________________________________________________Do you Yahoo!?Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.http://new.mail.yahoo.com_______________________________________________Aroid-l mailing listAroid-l@gizmoworks.comhttp://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l_______________________________________________
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From: ALLAN TETZLAFF <atetzlaff at rogers.com> on 2007.02.25 at 18:29:35(15350)
thanks Wilbert!Wilbert Hetterscheid wrote: Keep in soil!!! Wilbert Van: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com
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From: "Steve Lucas Exotic Rainforest" <steve at exoticrainforest.com> on 2007.02.25 at 20:00:18(15352)
I can only answer from my own observations. The plant
comes from the rainforests of Panama. I have exchanged emails with a
grower who has a nursery in Panama and as a result of his answers have tried to
duplicate the conditions as best possible.

The plant grows in a high humidity environment as an epiphyte
(in trees). As a result I grow mine in 85% or higher humidity year
round. Mine receives filtered sunlight. The plant is in a large
wooden orchid basket and the roots are packed with humus rich materials and
completely covered with sphagnum moss. The roots have extended beyond the
edges of the wooden basket and are now attached to the wood. The moss is
constantly kept moist and the plant is watered daily in the heat of the year, 3
to 4 days a week in the winter. It has produced 5 new leaves in one year,
the longest of which is now over 75cm (30 inches). When I failed to water
it as outlined above in December the plant began to droop and was obviously in
need of water. Ever since, I have maintained the regimen. As a
result the plant is now beginning to add another leaf. Although I have a
large number of anthuriums currently in flower, this one has yet to produce an
inflorescence.

Steve Lucas

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From: "Steve Lucas Exotic Rainforest" <steve at exoticrainforest.com> on 2007.02.26 at 00:07:27(15356)
Obviously, I didn't read the question well! We just
returned from a 4 hour drive and my brain was still on auto-operation! I
read this as Anthurium spectabile! Sorry about that!

Steve Lucas

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From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" <hetter at xs4all.nl> on 2007.02.26 at 15:18:12(15363)
Right, then forget my answer. Wasted
time.

Wilbert

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