Re: Amorphophallus bulbifer stories

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2000.07.15 at 16:17:03(5119) Well, that is a surprise to me. The only species with that clear a bulbil-formation AND smelling o.k. is Am. yuloensis, but I have never seen that flower on a long stalk. Honestly, this is a great surprise, since, and I am repeating myself, both bulbifer and muelleri are bad, bad, bad........ But, possibly, some people perceive the sulphides as "pleasant", like bottle flies do.......... +More Cheers, Lord P. (Richard??? Since when does "Richard" start with a "P.", unless his bladder was full......?). ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Sent: zaterdag 15 juli 2000 0:48 Subject: Re: Amorphophallus bulbifer stories > -----Original Message----- > From: Wilbert Hetterscheid > To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L > Date: Thursday, July 13, 2000 7:34 PM > Subject: Re: Amorphophallus bulbifer stories > > > Dear Lord P (Richard the Great??), > > There is an Amorphophallus here in Florida much like A. bulbifer in that it > produces bulbils on the leaf 'joints' that does produce a BEAUTIFUL, tall, > chalice-like bloom that smells WONDERFUL, quite unlike the stench of A. > bulbifer. It is sold by Charlie Mc Daniel at Shows as the 'Good-smelling > A. bulbifer'. > > Any ideas?? > > Cheers, > > Julius > Lord P says........"both species are horrendous stinkers. The smell > consisting of organic sulphides that make your head spin! Whoever claims > that either of these species has a sweet scent.........needs a thorough > nose-job. I don't think this is the way to distinguish them." > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L > Sent: donderdag 13 juli 2000 4:04 > Subject: Re: Amorphophallus bulbifer stories > > > > I thought that the "sweet smelling" Amorphophallus bulbifers are really A. > > muelleri. Seems like this has been mentioned before. The two species are > very > > similar and muelleri has often been distributed as bulbifer. > > > > Is this right? I just changed names on some plants here at Selby from > Amorph. > > bulbifer to muelleri based on the smell. They flowered last month. > > > > Lord P tell me I have not made a big mistake! > > > > Donna Atwood > > > > << My bulbifers, incidentally, came from > > Wilbert's distribution of seeds (Thanks Wilbert!) about 4 or 5 years ago > in > > which > > they were initially identified as "A. variabilis", until they all started > > coming up > > pink. This is their first year for flowers, with tubers about 6" to 6.5" > in > > diameter. The flowers are things of great beauty, and not too putrid. > > > > Walter G. in Pittsburgh, PA >> > > > > > > > > > > > >

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