Re: Introduction

From: "Julius Boos" <ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 1999.04.07 at 13:12:03(3243) >>Hello, I am a Hemant Joshi from India,I come from Maharashtra State and live in Nasik.Our city Nasik is Nicknamed "california of India" as we grow lot of table grapes & export some to UK & Amsterdam. We have a Nursery with whole-sale & retail business,I have a special liking for Aroids,and my favorites are Alocasias,Philodendrons,Anthuriums,Caladiums. We have a Philodendron Selloum plant in ground which is 25 yrs old.Every year we use to wait for the seeds to set on its own...hahah.then this year,I got the information on the Internet,and followed the instructions of pollination,and BINGO..it worked I succeeded in pollinating & setting the seeds two times in a succession.I owe a lot to this Internet site which is Specially dedicated to Ariods.I am interested in collecting exotic,var.of Philodendrons,Alocasias,I have in my Collections Alocasia (Amazonica,frydek,Cuphea var.)In India Amazonica Var.is still a favorite. +More Thanking you Hemant Joshi India<< Dear Dr. Joshi, Welcome to our site, where Aroid-lovers are always welcome. Congratulations on your sucessful pollenation of P.'selloum'!! How many plants resulted from the seed produced by the plant? What species of Caladium do you presently grow? We hope to hear more from you concerning your Aroid collection. There are several members of the International Aroid Society that are based in India,and a lot of interesting research and publications on the unique Indian Aroids is presently taking place. Sincerely, Julius ju-bo@msn.com

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