Re: Experiment for members.

From: Papillote Wilderness Retreat <papillote at cwdom.dm> on 1999.04.19 at 16:07:40(3279) Where can I find a picture of "Hilo Beauty" Anne Julius Boos wrote: +More > > Dear Members and fellow Aroidophyles, > The following messages have prompted me to start this discussion on our > forum in the hope that one of us with the necessary facitities can and will > perform a few fairly simple experiments with a few aroids that will answer > some very important Aroid-related questions. > > > Hilo Beauty does not look like an Alocasia to me: more likely a > Caladium/Xanthosoma. > Alistair Hay< > > 3) Lastly does anyone have seeds/tubers of A. Hilo Beauty? (if it sets > seeds > at all!). This is impossible to obtain in Britain and it is SO > beautiful..... > Many thanks, > Geoffrey Kibby< > > The problem/plan is as follows-- > Several Aroids have never been adequitly identified to species, and in the > case of 'Hilo beauty', not even to a genus(!). My opinion is that 'Hilo > beauty' will turn out to be a Colocasia of some sort. 'Hilo Beauty' and > Caladium humboldtii have never been known to flower, and in C. humboldtii > suggestions have been made that it is just a small 'form' of C. bicolor > ('true' C. bicolor flowers readily), and should plants such as the two > aforementioned, plus several others, be induced to flower it would then be > a fairly simple matter to examine the blooms and assign them to their > correct species/genus. > Flowering in the Aroid genera Dieffenbachia and Aglaonema has been seemingly > easily induced by the use of Gibberellic Acid (GA3), and the method > documented in articles in back issues of our wonderful Volumes of Aroideana, > so it would seem to me to be a fairly simple exercise for anyone with the > minimum facilities and supplies to carry out the same thing with some or all > of these unidentified aroids with a view to inducing them to produce flowers > and thereby putting to rest, once and for all, their so-far problematic > identities. > I can supply copies of the articles detailing exactly how the acid is > applied, and even perhaps a specimen or two of the aforementioned plants to > someone who has the proper facilities (lab and greenhouse?) and is seriously > interested in this valuable project. > I look forward to suggestions and comments on this proposal from out > members. > Sincerely, > Cheers and good growing, > Julius > ju-bo@msn.com

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