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From: "Malkmus, Bjorn" <malkmus at verwaltung.uni-mainz.de> on 1997.11.06 at 16:32:00(1584) Hello Aroiders, being new to this mailing list I would like to introduce me in a few lines. My name is Bjorn Malkmus, I am living in Frankfurt/Germany, studying Business Adminstration and dedicating most of my free time cultivating all kind of plants, indoors and outdoors (especially Crassulaceae, Cactaceae and various genus' from the Lily family). Since quite some time I am cultivating some species of Aroids, yet I have never put too much attention on them since at my university (University of Mainz) an Amorphophallus titanum flowered about two years ago. Impressing is almost an inproper word, it was just fascinating. Furthermore since this was the first A. titanum in the world, raised from a tissue culture, which flowered (so I was told from a biologist). The next opportunity to see an inflorescence was at the Botanical Garden of the City of Frankfurt last year (Palmengarten der Stadt Frankfurt). Currently they are cultivating 2 adult plants of this specie and a large quantity of younger specimen propagated in vitro (tissue culture). That is when I started to gather some more information about this family. I have to admit that my scientifical knowledge is still at a medium level, however all of the species in my cultivation are thriving better with every other year, reproducing themselves faster as I can manage to provide more space for them (e.g. this year alone I got 70 small corms of Arisaema triphyllum, raised from seeds). As I would like to exchange some of these 'excessive' specimen, here is what I can offer: Arum elongatum Arum italicum Arum maculatum Arisaema triphyllum (~. A. atrorubens) Dracunculus canariense Sauromatum venosum I am looking especially for any specie of the following genus': Amorphophallus, Arisaema, Arum, Sauromatum (if there is any other cultivated than S. venosum) and Dracunulus vulgaris. If there is anyone who would like to make such an exchange, please contact me (Living within Europe would make this a lot easier, though it is possible with the States, too, as exportation of the species I cultivate, does not require CITES. By the way: I raised all of the species mentioned above either from seeds or from stock I was given from Botanical Gardens in Germany, except the D. canariense, from which I took seeds and extracted 7 corms from the wild 3 years ago, taken out of the area of a forthcoming 'proyecto de urbanizacion' on the Canary Islands. Those of you who speak Spanish will know what this means in effect. Since that I have been there a couple of times again and I regret not to have taken all of them. Not a single plant survived. In general local habitats of this specie are declining rapidly due to excessive construction. From 20 habitats I discovered the first time I went to the islands (mainly Tenerife and Gran Canaria), only 12 still exist after only 8 years. No comment. Greetings from Germany Bjorn Malkmus +More malkmus@verwaltung.uni-mainz.de

From: Don Martinson <dmartin at post.its.mcw.edu> on 1997.11.06 at 20:56:05(1588) >My name is Bjorn Malkmus, I am living in Frankfurt/Germany, studying >Business Adminstration and dedicating most of my free time >cultivating all kind of plants, indoors and outdoors ... >As I would like to exchange some of these 'excessive' specimen, here >is what I can offer: >Arum elongatum >Arum italicum >Arum maculatum >Arisaema triphyllum (~. A. atrorubens) >Dracunculus canariense >Sauromatum venosum > I have already resonded to Bjorn privately, regarding his offer, but can anyone give me any other information regarding Arum elongatum? Don Martinson +More dmartin@post.its.mcw.edu "Existing order thrives upon ignorance and lies. Objective truth and individual reason are feared above all." Jimmy Johnson - "Arlo & Janis"

From: grsjr at juno.com (George R Stilwell, Jr.) on 1997.11.06 at 22:53:28(1590) Don, Peter Boyce says in "The Genus Arum", "This attractive species... is seldom seen in cultivation. ......A. elongatum is easily grown and perfectly hardy. All that is required is a moist sunny position." Native to the Balkans, northern Greece, northern Turkey. The spathe limb is a bicolored rich maroon-purple and smells like dung. I guess I ought to grow it because I'm always buying that stuff at the garden center. Ray +More

From: "Carlo A. Balistrieri" <cabalist at facstaff.wisc.edu> on 1997.11.07 at 18:54:01(1595) At 04:56 PM 11/6/97 -0600, you wrote: >Don, > >Peter Boyce says in "The Genus Arum", "This attractive species... is >seldom seen in cultivation. ......A. elongatum is easily grown and >perfectly hardy... Don't you hate it when they say this? (Sorry Peter!) Carlo +More Carlo A. Balistrieri, J.D. Email: CABalist@facstaff.wisc.edu P.O. Box 327 Ashippun, WI 53003-0327 U.S.A. Voice: 414.569.1902 Telefax: same number, please call ahead.

From: SNALICE <SNALICE at aol.com> on 1997.12.06 at 22:42:30(1715) Dear Bjorn, A while back you sent a note to the Aroid list asking for several varieties of Aroids. Were you able to aquire any new varieties of Aroids? I have a few small bulbils of several species you were asking about and was wondering if you were still interested in trading. I would need to know if you can send bulbs or seeds to California, USA. The varieties I have available are: Amorphophallus konjak.....1 small +More Arisarum proboscidium......medium sized corms, just starting to grow Dracunculus vulgaris .......1 small The bulbs I am interested in are: Arum elongatum Arum maculatum Dracunculus canariense I am especially interested in Dracunculus canariense. Will you have any trouble receiving bulbils from the USA? Thank you, Sue Zunino

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