Discussion of Aroids, Philodendron andreanum

From: Helmut Reisenberger <gartenbaureisenberger at web.de> on 2007.07.30 at 11:32:14(16027) Dear All,Growing successfully a wide range of rare Philodendrons, I have problems with P. andreanum.They are very strong growers under good conditions in greenhouse culture. But each new leave gets stuck in the bud.Rhen it rips and opens up deformed (often the leafstalk breaks through the leafblade).Does anybody have an advice, how to get out of that problem?Thank You in advance And Good GrowingHelmut _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list +More Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: Sheldon Hatheway <sfhatheway at yahoo.com> on 2007.07.30 at 19:33:38(16031) Dear Helmut,I had a similar problem with one of my red leafed philos labeled by the vendor as "Bloody Mary". A friend advised increasing the humidity quite a bit combined with regular misting of the emerging leaf, and that alleviated the problem. I can't tell you how much the humidity changed because I don't have a hygrometer (or whatever they are called). Good growing.Sheldon HathewayCanby, OR, USAZone 7b (more or less)----- Original Message ----From: Helmut Reisenberger To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.comSent: Monday, July 30, 2007 4:32:14 AMSubject: [Aroid-l] Discussion of Aroids, Philodendron andreanumDear All,Growing successfully a wide range of rare Philodendrons, I have problems with P. andreanum.They are very strong growers under good conditions in greenhouse culture. But each new leave gets stuck in the bud.Rhen it rips and opens up deformed (often the leafstalk breaks through the leafblade).Does anybody have an advice, how to get out of that problem?Thank You in advance And Good GrowingHelmut Got a little couch potato? +More Check out fun summer activities for kids._______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Sherry Gates" <TheTropix at msn.com> on 2007.07.30 at 20:20:44(16033) Hi y'all, I have had that same thing happen. I had the same thing happen a couple of times and like Sheldon said, increasing water took care of the problem. I suppose super-saturation gave the cells in the new leaf the extra push they needed. ( ? ) Dear All, Growing successfully a wide range of rare Philodendrons, I have problems with P. andreanum. They are very strong growers under good conditions in greenhouse culture. But each new leave gets stuck in the bud. Then it rips and opens up deformed (often the leafstalk breaks through the leafblade). Does anybody have an advice, how to get out of that problem? Thank You in advance And Good Growing +More Helmut _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: Bluesea <chammer at cfl.rr.com> on 2007.07.31 at 06:15:01(16042) Speaking of P. 'Bloody Mary', it appears to me to be the old hybrid 'Royal Queen'. I suppose someone has distributed the plant around since they didn't have the true ID, which is unfortunate since there's enough bogus names out there already. Does anyone know where the 'Bloody Mary' name originated? Russ +More central Florida Sheldon Hatheway wrote: Dear Helmut, I had a similar problem with one of my red leafed philos labeled by the vendor as "Bloody Mary". A friend advised increasing the humidity quite a bit combined with regular misting of the emerging leaf, and that alleviated the problem. I can't tell you how much the humidity changed because I don't have a hygrometer (or whatever they are called). Good growing. Sheldon Hatheway Canby, OR, USA Zone 7b (more or less) ----- Original Message ---- To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 4:32:14 AM Subject: [Aroid-l] Discussion of Aroids, Philodendron andreanum Dear All, Growing successfully a wide range of rare Philodendrons, I have problems with P. andreanum. They are very strong growers under good conditions in greenhouse culture. But each new leave gets stuck in the bud. Rhen it rips and opens up deformed (often the leafstalk breaks through the leafblade). Does anybody have an advice, how to get out of that problem? Thank You in advance And Good Growing Helmut Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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