Re: Xan. Amovirans Horrida

From: "Don Bittel" <dbittel at treco.net> on 1999.03.26 at 04:35:26(3151) I think you are asking about Xanthosoma atrovirens variegatum monstrosum, commonly known as the Mouse plant because it has the leaf cupped with a tail at the end. The leaf will actually hold water in the cup. The leaf is also heavily variegated white, and is puckered and has raised areas on the upper surface. I struggled with this plant for years until I set a pot in my garden area, intending to repot it. Forgotten, the plant escaped through the holes in the pot, and the new plants grew quickly in the rich wet soil, getting 3-4 feet tall with huge leaves about 16" x 20"! So I dumped the pot over, and just grew less tomatoes. Hope this helps. Don Bittel +More Palm City, Florida ---------- > From: Don Burns > To: dbittel@treco.net > Subject: Re: Xan. Amovirans Horrida > Date: Thursday, March 25, 1999 8:08 PM > > > Could someone tell me the proper cultural requirements for Xan. Amovirans= > > Horrida? I will be growing in S. Florida. Thank you! > > Lauderdale> > > Phil, > > You may not be receiving responses because your subject plant is not a > recognizable species. Could your plant really be X. atrovirens? > > In south Florida this plant should do well on a sphagnum totem or in a > pot with a typical soiless mixture. > > Don > > Don Burns Plantation, FL USA Zone 10b

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