Lesser amorphophalli, konjac especially

From: Steve Marak <samarak at arachne.uark.edu> on 1998.07.10 at 16:38:35(2451) Ok, Tony and Alan, you guys have convinced me that (if they don't cook in the heat) I need to sow all these maturing konjac seeds and see what I get. Here's hoping I get some of the diversity you have - I have an idea for something a bit whimsical for which I'd like both a dwarf and a giant clone of konjac. (And with my love of all contorted plants the ones with oddly formed leaves would be good, too. Yes, call me twisted if you will.) Alan, my "parvulus" or whatever it is came from Phil, in one of the last boxes that made it out before he set sail. Wilbert and I inferred from that (and the remains of a broken label) that it had come to Phil from Wilbert. Very lovely whatever it is. So "Leo Song #2" is a white-stemmed konjac, eh? Has anyone determined if it is as hardy as the "normal" konjac? Also, Alan, have you noticed anything distinctive about "Leo Song #1", and it is also a konjac variety? Steve +More -- Steve Marak -- samarak@arachne.uark.edu

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