Re: [Aroid-l] Off topic: Lycopodium in arrangements question

From: Steve Marak samarak at gizmoworks.com> on 2006.04.05 at 15:45:27(14057) Hi Reggie, Thanks for the information, and the link to your lycopodium page. I had stumbled across it before, actually, while doing some web research on these fascinating plants. Lovely. I've also exchanged some e-mail with Chad re equisetums - it's a small botanical world. I've found several images on web pages of various companies which sell foliage for the cut-flower market which appear to be the one in question. I'll include the URLs below. I can also snap a few digital pictures, if these aren't sufficient, and find somewhere to put them. Re cuttings, the one web resource I found on the topic seemed to imply that use of rooting hormones had essentially no effect on the species they tested - do you recommend for or against, and if for, any particular concentration or ingrediant? (Or media, for that matter?) The URLs: http://www.floralresources.com/images/lycopodium.jpg http://www.tayama.com/html/products/fol_lyco.html http://www.geckofarms.com/Events/Foliage.htm http://www.flowernz.co.nz/catalogue/foliage/other/lycopodium.html The last says "a native of New Zealand", but I'm including it because, if it's not the one sitting in my greenhouse, it certainly looks like it. Steve +More On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 Regferns@aol.com wrote: > Steve (and others who might be interested), > > Is there a photo of the floral arrangement so that we might be able to see > which Lycopodium species you are referring? I have a large collection of > Lycopodium, and they are quite varied. (I am attaching a page of some of the > plants in my collection: _www.tfeps.org/lycopodium_squarrosum.htm_ > (http://www.tfeps.org/lycopodium_squarrosum.htm) ) I suppose some species > could be used in a flora arrangement, but I am not aware of any that are. > > Growing them from cuttings can be done, under great care and a watchful eye. > Some species are easier to propagate from cuttings than others. They tend to > linger and rot, unless you pay close attention to them and use a free > draining medium. Charles Alford in Vero Beach, Florida and Chad Husby in > Miami have also grown these plants from cuttings. > > If you have a photo, please send it on to me. > > Reggie Whitehead > -- Steve Marak -- samarak@gizmoworks.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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