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From: Walter Greenwood <waltergreenwood at gmail.com> on 2014.08.26 at 20:12:53(23061)
Sue Thompson...

Susan B Wrote:

> Plantwomen, too.? And all the folks that got the IAS off the ground.? Tricia Frank.? Genevieve Ferry, Lariann Garner, Mary Sizemore, Betsy in Memphis (I am blanking on her last name).? The list goes on and on.
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From: Tom Croat <Thomas.Croat at mobot.org> on 2014.08.29 at 22:02:35(23068)
Amen to that statement!

We must include Lynn Hannon in this group. Though involved with Araceae only a few years she developed one of the very best collections of aroids and she knew them well, made notes, photos and even carried out an intensive study of Chlorospatha upon my encouragement. Both Mary Sizemore and Betsy Feuerstein, in addition to being excellent growers are also real explorers, especially Betsy in Ecuador. We must not forget the late Murline Lydon who had a exquisite collection of aroids. Petra Schmidt who worked for me for me for 16 years and later for Tony Avent was an excellent grower and knows Araceae as well as anyone. There are many other female growers, especially in Florida including Marie Nock and the late Tricia Frank who was not only a great grower but probably did more than any other single person to promote and make the International Aroid Society function. Better Waterbury was another impressive grower and had an incredible collection. She too played an important role i
n the IAS as a founding member and in her role as the first and succeeding President of the IAS. Marilyn Johnson, a neighbor of Bette, had perhaps the most impressive private collections in the world until her house burned down. Genevieve Ferry in Nancy has taken many field trips to the tropics (French Guiana, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Colombia) and is one of the finest aroid growers in Europe. She was also instrumental in organizing the IX International Aroid Conference. Frieda Billiet from Brussels also built up and maintained an excellent collection in in Miege, Belgium. Kathy King at Kew holds the same role at Kew Gardens and our own Emily Colletti here at the Missouri Botanical Garden has been responsible for growing well our massive collection for a total of several decades. Certainly there are others that I have forgotten

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From: George Yao <geoyao at gmail.com> on 2014.08.30 at 12:03:10(23071)
Alan Galloway comes to mind for his yearly field trip to explore for tuberous aroids in Southeast Asia.

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From: "Betsy Feuerstein" <ecuador10 at comcast.net> on 2014.08.30 at 16:37:16(23072)
I know there are several couples in the Miami area who have been in the
Aroid world since the beginning. I do not remember names but just maybe
someone from the area will fill in their names. These were the early people
who showed up to meetings and brought plants and were there when the show
was on in those early days. Please let's not forget them. This may well take
the help of the locals to bring this information out. I also know there are
many aroid growers in the Miami area who have been supportive of the society
for years. Let's not forget them. Bruce McAlpin is one that comes to mind
who used to live in the Miami area but has moved to the west coast now.
Good grower indeed and one of those knowledgeable folks who sort of stayed
in the background until you saw some gorgeous plant at a show that blew you
away that they had grown. I would hope that we do not forget these people.

Betsy

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From: a sunjian <asjbiotek at gmail.com> on 2014.08.30 at 19:56:06(23074)
Not meco-related, but in terms of getting what is arguably the most famous aroid (Amorphophallus titanum) to flower we should mention Kathy Upton at UMSL, who got the first corpse flower to bloom in the USA since the 1930s and who did a triple play with three different specimens in 2011, if I remember correctly.

On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 6:02 PM, Tom Croat wrote:

Amen to that statement!

We must include Lynn Hannon in this group. Though involved with Araceae only a few years she developed one of the very best collections of aroids and she knew them well, made notes, photos and even carried out an intensive study of Chlorospatha upon my encouragement. Both Mary Sizemore and Betsy Feuerstein, in addition to being excellent growers are also real explorers, especially Betsy in Ecuador. We must not forget the late Murline Lydon who had a exquisite collection of aroids. Petra Schmidt who worked for me for me for 16 years and later for Tony Avent was an excellent grower and knows Araceae as well as anyone. There are many other female growers, especially in Florida including Marie Nock and the late Tricia Frank who was not only a great grower but probably did more than any other single person to promote and make the International Aroid Society function. Better Waterbury was another impressive grower and had an incredible collection. She too played an important role i

n the IAS as a founding member and in her role as the first and succeeding President of the IAS. Marilyn Johnson, a neighbor of Bette, had perhaps the most impressive private collections in the world until her house burned down. Genevieve Ferry in Nancy has taken many field trips to the tropics (French Guiana, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Colombia) and is one of the finest aroid growers in Europe. She was also instrumental in organizing the IX International Aroid Conference. Frieda Billiet from Brussels also built up and maintained an excellent collection in in Miege, Belgium. Kathy King at Kew holds the same role at Kew Gardens and our own Emily Colletti here at the Missouri Botanical Garden has been responsible for growing well our massive collection for a total of several decades. Certainly there are others that I have forgotten

Tom

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From: Hermine Stover <hermine at endangeredspecies.com> on 2014.08.31 at 01:38:18(23079)
>. Let's not forget them. Bruce McAlpin is one that comes to mind
>who used to live in the Miami area but has moved to the west coast now.

I met Bruce when he was some head honcho at the NY Botanical Gardens
in the Bronx. then he went to florida and now you tell me he is on
the west coast, as am I now. I must hunt him down.

Jerry Horne had the occasional horribly rare and possibly variegated
aroid back then. MANY of the members of the Palm Society also
collected a wide range of non palms, and aroids figured prominently
in their gardens.

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From: Deni Bown <denibown at gmail.com> on 2014.08.31 at 16:43:08(23082)
And may I endorse Tom Croat, Josef Bogner and Peter Boyce. Tom is synonymous with Anthurium and Philodendron, and is the most intrepid aroid hunter. Josef expanded and maintained the most wonderful collection of aroids at Munich B. G. and tracked down species new and old with indefatigable energy. His attention to detail is legendary and his written contributions are exceptional; he richly deserved his hon. degree. Peter's work on Mediterranean aroids was exceptional, and he is now surpassing that with phenomenal discoveries in Borneo. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of the family and is surely one of the finest field botanists of his generation.

Deni Bown

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