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From: "Richard Mansell (BIO)" <mansell at chuma.cas.usf.edu> on 1998.03.10 at 17:31:36(1944) Greetings: I received this message from Ron Gagliardo at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. The address for the photo is: http://www.cas.usf.edu/~mansell/images/ABG1.jpg +More This plant appeared in a batch of Amorphophallus planted out from our lab in Oct. 97. At that time, we had 5 species in culture, A. curvistilus, gigas, knojac, titanum and variabilis. Some of these other species are seen in the background. This particular one is most likely a mutant of A. konjac, but we can't be 100 % sure because when it came up in the greenhouse, it was among the tc plants, but without a label. It does look like A. pendulus in the Aroideana photo, but we have never had A. pendulus at ABG and of course, never had it in tissue culture. So, that's the story. Of course, we plan to put this clone back in tissue culture and hope it comes true. He thought you might be interested in seeing the plant. Dick -- Richard L. Mansell Phone: H(813) 961-7072 Biology Department, LIF 136 W(813) 974-1588 University of South Florida Fax: (813) 974-1614 Tampa, FL 33620 Home: 13508 Little Lake Place, Tampa, FL 33613-4134 E-mail- mansell@chuma.cas.usf.edu WWW - http://www.cas.usf.edu/~mansell/mansell.html

From: Scott Hyndman <scothynd at magicnet.net> on 1998.03.10 at 21:14:40(1945) Dick, I have seen thousands of mutations during my twenty year career in plant tissue culture, but the Amorphophallus in this image is by far the most spectacular mutation I have ever seen, or heard of, if it is truly a mutated plant out of tissue culture. I think it is much more likely an escaped or introduced Am. pendulus. As to the exact identification of the specimen, I will defer to Wilbert's judgment. I know that Ron Gagliardo and the other staff at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens do seem to make miracles happen with their very competent horticulture and tissue culture, but I seriously doubt that the origin of the plant to be from a mutated culture. Regardless, the image is of a fine looking aroid, and I will be interested in getting a plant after they become available from Ron's competent cloning efforts. Regards, Scott +More -- Mr. Scott E. Hyndman Winter Park, Florida USA E-mail: scothynd@magicnet.net Richard Mansell wrote: > Greetings: I received this message from Ron Gagliardo at the Atlanta > Botanical Garden. The address for the photo is: > > http://www.cas.usf.edu/~mansell/images/ABG1.jpg > > This plant appeared in a batch of Amorphophallus planted out from our > lab in Oct. 97. At that time, we had 5 species in culture, A. > curvistilus, gigas, knojac, titanum and variabilis. Some of these other > species are seen in the background. This particular one is most likely > a mutant of A. konjac, but we can't be 100 % sure because when it came > up in the greenhouse, it was among the tc plants, but without a label. > It does look like A. pendulus in the Aroideana photo, but we have never > had A. pendulus at ABG and of course, never had it in tissue culture. > So, that's the story. Of course, we plan to put this clone back in > tissue culture and hope it comes true. > > He thought you might be interested in seeing the plant. > > Dick > -- > Richard L. Mansell Phone: H(813) 961-7072 > Biology Department, LIF 136 W(813) 974-1588 > University of South Florida Fax: (813) 974-1614 > Tampa, FL 33620 > > Home: 13508 Little Lake Place, Tampa, FL 33613-4134 > > E-mail- mansell@chuma.cas.usf.edu > WWW - http://www.cas.usf.edu/~mansell/mansell.html

From: Lester Kallus <lkallus at earthlink.net> on 1998.03.10 at 23:59:39(1946) Now that Scott's broken the ground in requesting samples of that new Amorphophallus, please put my order in for twenty of them. I'd like to use them as a hedge. Seriously, if this grows to be 6 feet high, I'm certain I'll be seeing it on the set of Star Trek sometime soon. Can I assume that we'll be kept abreast of any developments of tissue culturing this beauty? Les

From: "Richard Mansell (BIO)" <mansell at chuma.cas.usf.edu> on 1998.03.11 at 15:10:08(1947) To all of you that send in comments and read the posts. I will forward to Ron and will keep you posted as this plant grows its way to fame. It is quite small and once it flowers, we will know more. Dick +More On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, Lester Kallus wrote: > Now that Scott's broken the ground in requesting samples of that new > Amorphophallus, please put my order in for twenty of them. I'd like to use > them as a hedge. > > Seriously, if this grows to be 6 feet high, I'm certain I'll be seeing it > on the set of Star Trek sometime soon. Can I assume that we'll be kept > abreast of any developments of tissue culturing this beauty? > Les > > > -- Richard L. Mansell Phone: H(813) 961-7072 Biology Department, LIF 136 W(813) 974-1588 University of South Florida Fax: (813) 974-1614 Tampa, FL 33620 Home: 13508 Little Lake Place, Tampa, FL 33613-4134 E-mail- mansell@chuma.cas.usf.edu WWW - http://www.cas.usf.edu/~mansell/mansell.html

From: "Sue Zunino" <suez at sprintmail.com> on 1998.03.11 at 15:21:08(1948) Dear Richard, How does one put her name on the list to be notified if this plant becomes available? My first attempt at pendulus was a failure, but I would love to have another shot at it. Sue Zunino +More -----Original Message----- To: suez@sprintmail.com Date: Tuesday, March 10, 1998 1:20 AM Subject: New photo >Greetings: I received this message from Ron Gagliardo at the Atlanta >Botanical Garden. The address for the photo is: > >http://www.cas.usf.edu/~mansell/images/ABG1.jpg > > >This plant appeared in a batch of Amorphophallus planted out from our >lab in Oct. 97. At that time, we had 5 species in culture, A. >curvistilus, gigas, knojac, titanum and variabilis. Some of these other >species are seen in the background. This particular one is most likely >a mutant of A. konjac, but we can't be 100 % sure because when it came >up in the greenhouse, it was among the tc plants, but without a label. >It does look like A. pendulus in the Aroideana photo, but we have never >had A. pendulus at ABG and of course, never had it in tissue culture. >So, that's the story. Of course, we plan to put this clone back in >tissue culture and hope it comes true. > >He thought you might be interested in seeing the plant. > >Dick >-- >Richard L. Mansell Phone: H(813) 961-7072 >Biology Department, LIF 136 W(813) 974-1588 >University of South Florida Fax: (813) 974-1614 >Tampa, FL 33620 > >Home: 13508 Little Lake Place, Tampa, FL 33613-4134 > > E-mail- mansell@chuma.cas.usf.edu > WWW - http://www.cas.usf.edu/~mansell/mansell.html > > > >

From: Wilbert Hetterscheid <hetter at vkc.nl> on 1998.03.13 at 06:41:42(1951) Dear phallophiles, I had a look at Ron's picture and the mystery mutant IS A. pendulus, or (but I doubt this) a specimen of an as yet undescribed new species from Sabah, that has a leaf similar to that of pendulus but a rather different inflorescence. I guess that Ron may have been tissue-culturing with a wrongly labelled plant. Having said that, this is a very exciting result, since pendulus is certainly one of the most bitchy species to grow. If it behaves well in tissue culture experiments, we may build up stock and start experimenting with the best cultivation circumstances. Cheers, Wilbert +More > Greetings: I received this message from Ron Gagliardo at the Atlanta > Botanical Garden. The address for the photo is: > > http://www.cas.usf.edu/~mansell/images/ABG1.jpg > > This plant appeared in a batch of Amorphophallus planted out from our > > lab in Oct. 97. At that time, we had 5 species in culture, A. > > curvistilus, gigas, knojac, titanum and variabilis. Some of these > other > species are seen in the background. This particular one is most > likely > a mutant of A. konjac, but we can't be 100 % sure because when it came > > up in the greenhouse, it was among the tc plants, but without a label. > > It does look like A. pendulus in the Aroideana photo, but we have > never > had A. pendulus at ABG and of course, never had it in tissue culture. > > So, that's the story. Of course, we plan to put this clone back in > > tissue culture and hope it comes true. > > > He thought you might be interested in seeing the plant. > > Dick > -- > Richard L. Mansell Phone: H(813) 961-7072 > Biology Department, LIF 136 W(813) 974-1588 > University of South Florida Fax: (813) 974-1614 > > Tampa, FL 33620 > > Home: 13508 Little Lake Place, Tampa, FL 33613-4134 > > E-mail- mansell@chuma.cas.usf.edu > WWW - http://www.cas.usf.edu/~mansell/mansell.html > > >

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