Ambrosinia

From: "Mr R.a McClure" <Rob.McClure at sci.monash.edu.au> on 1997.09.22 at 14:35:58(1294) > > I have just received two tiny rhizomes (tubers?) of Ambrosinia bassii and I > > have not a clue as to what to do with them. > > > > Can you get me kick-started with these? Any information will be > > appreciated. I can't seem to find much cultural info on the web. > > Kind Regards, > > Rand > Hi Rand, (and other aroiders) I grow Ambrosinia easily in the bed with the other mediterranean aroids such as Dracunculus, Biarum and Helicodiceros. I am temperate zone 9ish here so this is info.is probably not much use to you. Bury the tubers about 2 inches deep in light well drained soil. I give them heaps of light and keep them moist when they are active ( winter and spring here ). They enjoy some fertilizer now and again and when they go dormant in our summer I keep them dryish to avoid rotting. I suspect our conditions are similar to those it lives in around the shores of the mediterranean. On p110 of Deni Bowns book there is a drawing and notes of the plant. She states 'A.bassii can be found on north facing hillsides in well - drained humus overlying limestone'. The inflorescence are small and hidden under the leaves but are very interesting on close examination. The oval leaves are about 4-6cm long and the whole plant is only about 5cms high. I imported mine from the UK and they took 18 months to change cycles to our hemisphere. Hope this info. is a help. Has anyone out there got any interesting Arisaema they want to trade or sell ? (email me privately). Catch ya later, Rob. +More > Rob.McClure Dept.of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Monash University, Clayton 3168 Victoria AUSTRALIA. Phone:(03)9905.5625 Fax:(03)9905.5613 e-mail: Rob.McClure@sci.monash.edu.au

From: eduardo gomes goncalves <eggon at guarany.cpd.unb.br> on 1997.09.23 at 01:57:01(1308) Dear Aroiders, My Ambrosinia plants are growing everygreen since I planted them (October of 1996). They came to me as seeds (from Fausto) and I am really in doubt if I should stop to water. Maybe they are just stubborn babies that don't like to sleep early. Eduardo.

From: Rand Nicholson <writserv at nbnet.nb.ca> on 1997.09.23 at 14:26:56(1312) >Dear Aroiders, > >My Ambrosinia plants are growing everygreen since I planted them (October >of 1996). They came to me as seeds (from Fausto) and I am really in doubt >if I should stop to water. Maybe they are just stubborn babies that don't >like to sleep early. > >Eduardo. Have they bloomed for you? Rand +More Rand Nicholson New Brunswick Maritime Canada, Z 5b

From: eduardo gomes goncalves <eggon at guarany.cpd.unb.br> on 1997.09.26 at 01:34:08(1345) On Tue, 23 Sep 1997, Rand Nicholson wrote: > Have they bloomed for you? No, Rand, they didn't bloom yet. I don't think they will bloom in the first year. They are just babies!!! Best wishes, Eduardo.

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