Any Good Aroids Nurseries in California?

From: gcyao at mydestiny.net (George Yao) on 2008.04.24 at 17:01:31(17448) Hello everyone, I will be in the San Francisco Bay area April 25 to 30 and in the LA area May 13 to 20. Any good aroids nurseries to visit there? George Yao +More Metro-Manila Philippines -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.4/1394 - Release Date: 4/23/2008 7:16 PM

From: philofanmail at philodendron.org (Tom V) on 2008.04.25 at 05:51:48(17454) Hi George, I wish there were some nurseries I could recommend (and I've looked everywhere), but I think you will find the east coast (as in Florida) to have any nurseries replete with aroids. Succulent plants seem to rule on the west coast. While you're in the Bay Area, though, UC Berkeley's Botanical Garden will have their spring sale on the 26th and 27th where they usually have some aroids for sale (but no match for the IAS Show). Be aware that parking and traffic can be quite a nightmare Saturday morning! Take the bus or come really early if you want come to this. http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/plantSale/PlantSale.shtml They also have some aroids in their Tropical House which is worth a look. I would recommend San Francisco's Conservatory of Flowers to also see (a few) aroids. Of note is their 100 year old philodendron speciosum which is literally a tall tree. To my dismay, I was informed that most of their philodendron collection was shipped away, so you won't really find many there anymore. But there are other nice tropicals to view. http://www.conservatoryofflowers.org/ In the LA area, I very highly recommend visiting The Huntington. They have a new, state of the art conservatory with some fine large aroids. If you have any interest in succulent plants, you cannot miss their Desert Garden--one of the best I've ever seen and truly immersive. http://www.huntington.org/BotanicalDiv/HEHBotanicalHome.html Hope this information is helpful. Have a good trip. Regards, Tom Vincze +More > Hello everyone, > > I will be in the San Francisco Bay area April 25 to 30 and in the LA > area May 13 to 20. Any good aroids nurseries to visit there? > > George Yao > Metro-Manila > Philippines > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.4/1394 - Release Date: > 4/23/2008 7:16 PM > > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l >

From: levin at pixar.com (Dan Levin) on 2008.04.25 at 06:47:56(17455) George, Though it's obviously not a nursery per se, the University of Calif. Botanical Garden/ Berkeley is coincidentally having their annual Spring Plant Sale on Saturday, April 26 from 10a to 2p. And the member's-only advance sale is Friday April 25 from 5p to 7:30p should you wish to get first crack at things by joining at the gate. Truth be told I have no idea what will be offered from the realm of Araceae at this sale. If anything... likely some Mediterranean genera; possibly some Ariseama spp. and/or Amorpho. titanum seed as a result of the garden's recent blooming/ pollination (?). Do keep in mind the clime over here: we rarely see freezing temps but we also rarely see 90? F/ 32? C by the coast. Which is to say our conditions are rather mild & band-limited all year long, tending towards the cooler end of things. This of course influences what is commercially or otherwise grown... Regardless the garden is not to be missed and I humbly submit that any bona fide plant person will find -something- at a UCBG plant sale they need to own. Perhaps some stunning Lapageria cultivars for your cloud forest garden in Metro-Manilla? : ) Enjoy your trip to the Bay Area, and if there's anything I can do to assist you while here, please don't hesitate to contact me off-list. - Dan Levin +More Preteritus Praesieo/ IAS On Apr 24, 2008, at 10:01 AM, George Yao wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I will be in the San Francisco Bay area April 25 to 30 and in the LA > area May 13 to 20. Any good aroids nurseries to visit there? > > George Yao > Metro-Manila > Philippines > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.4/1394 - Release Date: > 4/23/2008 7:16 PM > > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: piabinha at yahoo.com (piaba) on 2008.04.25 at 20:12:18(17465) at one point, the strybing gardens also had a weekly sale, not sure if it's still going on (golden gate park), i think it was on saturdays. +More --- Tom V wrote: > While you're in the Bay Area, though, UC Berkeley's > Botanical Garden > will have their spring sale on the 26th and 27th > where they usually > have some aroids for sale (but no match for the IAS > Show) ========= tsuh yang ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

From: jasonstone at gmail.com (jason stone) on 2008.04.27 at 19:32:28(17472) The Strybing plant sale schedule can be found at the following URL... http://www.sfbotanicalgarden.org/plant_sales/plant_sales.htm Note that the big annual plant sale in on May 2nd (next weekend). All of the other plant sales are monthly and are theme based. The website is descriptive enough. :) -jason +More On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 1:12 PM, piaba wrote: > at one point, the strybing gardens also had a weekly > sale, not sure if it's still going on (golden gate > park), i think it was on saturdays. > > > --- Tom V wrote: > > While you're in the Bay Area, though, UC Berkeley's > > Botanical Garden > > will have their spring sale on the 26th and 27th > > where they usually > > have some aroids for sale (but no match for the IAS > > Show) > > > > ========= > tsuh yang > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l >

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