Helicodiceros fruit

From: "C. J. Addington" <cjaddington at comcast.net> on 2007.05.22 at 02:08:50(15695) Hello Aroiders! Due to a hectic academic life lately, I have mostly been a silent lurker on this board - reading a lot but adding little. But I have had a cool event happen in my yard that I thought I would share . . . The last few years I have been planting Helicodiceros offsets in various parts of my California garden, and they have slowly started blooming in early May.This year I had one of my blooms get pollinated naturally - no scalpel, no paintbrush, no frozen pollen - and set a nice cluster of fruits all on its own. I have never seen a Helicodiceros fruit cluster before, and figured that few people have either, so here it is! If you click on this Flickr photo link, you can see the fruit cluster: http://www.flickr.com/photos/california_aroids/sets/72157600242205488/ I am working on getting more of my photos online as well - I had some nice Arum, Dracunculus and Biarum blooms this spring. Have a great week All! Cheers, C.J. Addington +More _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: Baumfarn Webmaster <webmaster at baumfarn.at> on 2007.05.23 at 20:21:29(15697) Hi C.J., wonderfull pictures. How is the cultivation environment, especially for those which bloomed? +More Soiltype, light (full-sun, partial sun, shade) and watering? thanks Peter C. J. Addington wrote: Hello Aroiders! Due to a hectic academic life lately, I have mostly been a silent lurker on this board - reading a lot but adding little. But I have had a cool event happen in my yard that I thought I would share . . . The last few years I have been planting Helicodiceros offsets in various parts of my California garden, and they have slowly started blooming in early May.This year I had one of my blooms get pollinated naturally - no scalpel, no paintbrush, no frozen pollen - and set a nice cluster of fruits all on its own. I have never seen a Helicodiceros fruit cluster before, and figured that few people have either, so here it is! If you click on this Flickr photo link, you can see the fruit cluster: http://www.flickr.com/photos/california_aroids/sets/72157600242205488/ I am working on getting more of my photos online as well - I had some nice Arum, Dracunculus and Biarum blooms this spring. Have a great week All! Cheers, C.J. Addington --------------------------------------------------------------------------- treeferns & aroids: http://www.baumfarn.at/treefern (http://www.baumfarn.at) --------------------------------------------------- Amorphophallus network: http://www.amorphophallus.baumfarn.at/ _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Julius Boos" <ju-bo at msn.com> on 2007.05.24 at 23:00:54(15710) Reply-To : Discussion of aroids Sent : Tuesday, May 22, 2007 2:08 AM To : Discussion of aroids Subject : [Aroid-l] Helicodiceros fruit Dear CJ, Thanks for sharing your good fortune and photos with all of us on aroid-L. Nice job of growing this sometimes difficult species, and having the good fortune that the pollinators (probably blow-flies) are around your parts! I used to have this plant here in S. Florida, it did survive, but barely. I came out of dormancy and grew leaves in Winter/Spring here in the hot South, and went dormant around May-June when it became too hot. It never bloomed for me. I hope that others who live in an appropiate zone/area write to you and that you can trade off some of the seeds, it is a plant worthy of being kept in cultivation! The Best, Julius +More Hello Aroiders! Due to a hectic academic life lately, I have mostly been a silent lurker on this board - reading a lot but adding little. But I have had a cool event happen in my yard that I thought I would share . . . The last few years I have been planting Helicodiceros offsets in various parts of my California garden, and they have slowly started blooming in early May.This year I had one of my blooms get pollinated naturally - no scalpel, no paintbrush, no frozen pollen - and set a nice cluster of fruits all on its own. I have never seen a Helicodiceros fruit cluster before, and figured that few people have either, so here it is! If you click on this Flickr photo link, you can see the fruit cluster: http://www.flickr.com/photos/california_aroids/sets/72157600242205488/ I am working on getting more of my photos online as well - I had some nice Arum, Dracunculus and Biarum blooms this spring. Have a great week All! Cheers, C.J. Addington<< _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "C. J. Addington" <cjaddington at comcast.net> on 2007.05.24 at 23:45:51(15711) Hello Peter! Oddly enough, my most successful Helicodiceros are the ones that I pay the least attention to. The ones that I slave over hardly ever do very well, but the ones in the ground seem to thrive. I plant offset corms in my native heavy clay soil amended with a little woody potting soil. I find the best plants are the ones planted on the South sides of tree trunks - lots of winter sun, then shade in the spring and early summer. They get drenched in our winter rainy season, then get normal garden water with a sprinkler about weekly after that. I try to let them go a bit dry during the summer dormancy period, but otherwise I don't fret over them too much. +More I live just outside of Sacramento, California ( zone 9a ) and it appears that my zone is very similar to the Balearic Islands where these guys originate. I planted a bunch of babies all over the garden, and have been shocked by how well they naturalized! I may regret planting so many . . . Hope that helps - have a great day! Cheers, CJ On 05/23/2007 13:21, "Baumfarn Webmaster" wrote: > Hi C.J., > wonderfull pictures. > How is the cultivation environment, especially for those which bloomed? > Soiltype, light (full-sun, partial sun, shade) and watering? > > thanks > Peter > > C. J. Addington wrote: > >> Hello Aroiders! >> Due to a hectic academic life lately, I have mostly been a silent lurker >> on this board - reading a lot but adding little. But I have had a cool event >> happen in my yard that I thought I would share . . . >> The last few years I have been planting Helicodiceros offsets in various >> parts of my California garden, and they have slowly started blooming in >> early May.This year I had one of my blooms get pollinated naturally - no >> scalpel, no paintbrush, no frozen pollen - and set a nice cluster of fruits >> all on its own. I have never seen a Helicodiceros fruit cluster before, and >> figured that few people have either, so here it is! >> If you click on this Flickr photo link, you can see the fruit cluster: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/california_aroids/sets/72157600242205488/ >> >> I am working on getting more of my photos online as well - I had some >> nice Arum, Dracunculus and Biarum blooms this spring. >> >> Have a great week All! >> >> Cheers, C.J. Addington >> >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > treeferns & aroids: http://www.baumfarn.at/treefern (http://www.baumfarn.at) > --------------------------------------------------- > Amorphophallus network: http://www.amorphophallus.baumfarn.at/ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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: "C. J. Addington" <cjaddington at comcast.net> on 2007.05.26 at 01:04:06(15718) Thanks, Julius! I always thought this was a tricky species too, until I just started chunking the babies in my garden and ignoring them. Then they took off and now I have some really big plants in odd corners of the garden. I may seriously regret planting so many if they all start blooming at once! I have grown Dracunculus and various Arums here for years, and they open-pollinate quite freely, so we seem to have a good cohort of carrion insects. I see many big hairy beetles and metallic flies all over my freshly opened Dracunculus blooms. I am going to collect the seeds once the fruits ripen, and would be happy to share them with anyone who would like to give them a shot. They do deserve good homes! Have a great Memorial Day weekend! Cheers, C.J. Addington +More Central California Zone 9a On 05/24/2007 16:00, "Julius Boos" wrote: > > >> From : C. J. Addington > Reply-To : Discussion of aroids > Sent : Tuesday, May 22, 2007 2:08 AM > To : Discussion of aroids > Subject : [Aroid-l] Helicodiceros fruit > > Dear CJ, > > Thanks for sharing your good fortune and photos with all of us on aroid-L. > Nice job of growing this sometimes difficult species, and having the good > fortune that the pollinators (probably blow-flies) are around your parts! > I used to have this plant here in S. Florida, it did survive, but barely. > I came out of dormancy and grew leaves in Winter/Spring here in the hot > South, and went dormant around May-June when it became too hot. It never > bloomed for me. > I hope that others who live in an appropiate zone/area write to you and that > you can trade off some of the seeds, it is a plant worthy of being kept in > cultivation! > > The Best, > > Julius > >>> Hello Aroiders! > Due to a hectic academic life lately, I have mostly been a silent > lurker > on this board - reading a lot but adding little. But I have had a cool > event > happen in my yard that I thought I would share . . . > The last few years I have been planting Helicodiceros offsets in > various > parts of my California garden, and they have slowly started blooming in > early May.This year I had one of my blooms get pollinated naturally - no > scalpel, no paintbrush, no frozen pollen - and set a nice cluster of > fruits > all on its own. I have never seen a Helicodiceros fruit cluster before, > and > figured that few people have either, so here it is! > If you click on this Flickr photo link, you can see the fruit > cluster: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/california_aroids/sets/72157600242205488/ > > I am working on getting more of my photos online as well - I had > some > nice Arum, Dracunculus and Biarum blooms this spring. > > Have a great week All! > > Cheers, C.J. Addington<< > > > _______________________________________________ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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

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