Re: [aroid-l] A. titanum on eBay

From: "danny wilson" <mudwasp_ at hotmail.com> on 2004.03.21 at 06:03:39(11316) It is indeed quite a bit less. I paid $200. for mine...... My titanum grows pretty easily, i grow it in my bedroom, so dont worry too much!-Danny Wilson >From: "Alex Burgess" >Reply-To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu +More >To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu >Subject: Re: [aroid-l] A. titanum on eBay >Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 13:06:22 -1000 > >Thank you very much! > >FWIW the seller, one Alasdair Macleod, a.k.a. Gothiclion1, claims >"These leaflefts have been grown from bulbs and are therefore more >hardy than those grown from tissue culture." From what I have read >of previous threads, you are the expert on this subject, so I will >trust your view. I already paid $40, which seems quite a bit less >than others have asked for the titanum (and is why I purchased) >although it could be high for a more common type. I can't back out >of the transaction, so I will try to grow the amorphophallus, with >fingers and now toes crossed, and later I should be able to show a >better picture of a more mature plant. The plant has not yet >arrived.... > >Thank you again, > >Alex > >>From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid (prive)" >> >>They look as if they could be titanums but they are whimpy >>specimens! >>Normally seedlings of titanum have straight petioles with broad >>leaflets >>from the start. These look unhealthy with deformed leaflets and >>petioles. It >>might mean that they are not real titanums but it is not really >>visible from >>the picture. I'd be careful not to pay too much for a possible >>disappointment. >> >>Cheerio, >>Wilbert > > Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee ® Security.

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