Re: [Aroid-l] Eminium lehmanii

From: "A. L. Clement" al.clement at planet.nl> on 2005.02.26 at 20:35:19(12739) Dear Dan I have about four Eminium species in my collection at this moment. A few years ago I acquired my first E. lehmannii tuber and it found it difficult to keep them alive. Over the years I have perfected my cultivation technique for this genus and I have some success with them now. At this moment I have even a surplus of Eminium tubers. I live in the Netherlands And I think that they will survive the temperatures outside -10 degrees Celsius but the problem is the amount of rain in the winter, they like to grow dry. I therefore grow my plants in a just frost free greenhouse it sometimes even freezes a few degrees inside. They also require a lot of light to insure robust growing and minimize the change of rot. I grow them in clay pots with a good draining soil. I repot the plants every year in new soil around august, that is usually the time that the roots start to grow. After repotting I give them a little bit of water and than no water till I see the plant appear above the soil, this is usually around October/November. Then I increase the watering but I still keep them dry, in the winter I sometimes water them one's in two months. They grow very slow in the first few months around January they usually have only one leaf but in February when the temperature rises they really start to grow at this moment I have plants with 6 leafs. At this time I give them more water one's every two weeks but they soil still have to dry up before I water them again, it is better to give them a lot of water one time than small bits frequently. When it gets warmer I also have to give more water around May I sometimes have to water them 2 times a week, but still the soil has to dry up before I water them again. And last year I had for the first time flowering plants and not only one inflorescence but 5 from two different species they flowered around May. And in June they start to die I stop watering them and allow the soil to dry out completely. After the plants has died down I take the tubers out of the soil and take of the old tuber remains under the new tuber. This still contains a lot of water and this can start rotting and that can also infect the new tuber. I check than the soil in the pot, it must be almost dry and than I place the tuber back in the old soil. All the summer I keep the pots on the hot side of the glass house where the temperature can go as high as 30 degrees Celsius. And around august I repot them again, for the next season. I don't give them fertilizer the new soils contains enough nutrients. I hope that this will help Arno Clement +More The Netherlands Zone 8 ----- Original Message ----- To: Discussion of aroids Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 4:44 PM Subject: [Aroid-l] Eminium lehmanii Hello fellow aroiders, I was hoping someone could tell me about Eminium lehmanii. It has a beautiful maroon-black spathe and so I'm sort of smitten with it!! I was thinking of getting a couple of these for my collection, but they are a bit pricey and so I'd like all the information I can get before committing to a purchase. All I know is the ones being offered originally came from Uzbekistan. Are these summer growers?? How much cold can they take?? I live in zone 6a in Western Pennsylvania and would like to grow them in pots for the summer and then store them in the house for the winter like an Amorph. Thanks in advance for any info you can provide. Dan Daniel Devor Gibsonia, PA zone 6a/5b www.TreasuredBotanicals.com Attachment: E. lehmannii.jpg Description: JPEG image Attachment: E. regelii.jpg Description: JPEG image _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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