Re: Wild Aroid Survey

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2001.06.24 at 00:22:54(6856) I do...... There was a time when I crossed (phor phun) two phalloids which I suspected were closely related. The result was by chance a set of plants with indeed intermediate characters. They were rather sensitive to mechanical stress and only one survives. I never released anything from that in public. When, however, I would create a fantastically beautiful Amorph. hybrid with fine foliage etc. I would not hesitate to release it BUT with a cultivar name, properly registered with an International Cultivar Registration Authority. Same thing if I had a beautiful variant in a number of specimens of one species. I could clonally propagate it, give it a cultivar name, register it and there you are. This is what the plant industry is all about folks, even on a small scale. Realise that there are quite a number of named cultivars of Amorphophallus konjac, differing in cultivation characters, or yields of glucomannan etc. There's a whole industry out there based on agriculturally improved strains of Amorphophallus konjac, and those of us that are on a diet based on Konnyaku, utlise that to the full. So, what's wrong with that? Lord P. +More ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Sent: vrijdag 22 juni 2001 18:02 Subject: Wild Aroid Survey > Which folks out there are propagating wild aroids from definitive Sources? > > Ron > > >

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