The ''my greenhouse is too small and there's too many plants in there''
syndrome you have is like the common
cold among us greenhouse owners---at some point you're gonna get it.
I am about 20 miles north of Orlando in the Lake Mary/Sanford area. Still
too cold in the winter here, I spent
my early years (a long time ago) in Orlando and had forgotten how cold it
gets here when I moved back from
San Antonio in 93. My brother is in Homestead and I do envy his growing
conditions there. Maybe when
I retire (for the 2nd time) in perhaps 3 yrs I'll go that direction. I was
in the Air Force for 21 yrs and used to
lug as much of my plant collection as I could with me on reassignments.
Some of my Philo's go back to 1979.
Anyway, let me know Carol Ann. My primary interest right now other than
Aroids is Sansevierias, I have
perhaps 150 different species, sports and hybrids. I have a very large
succulent collection, but I'm 'trying
to quit' on those. Definitely having withdrawal symptoms. I can send you
the plants if you would reimburse the Priority postage. Just pay whatever
postage is on the box when you get it, probably $3.95.
Take care,
Russ.
----- Original Message -----
To: "Multiple recipients of list AROID-L"
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: Source for Philodendrons
> Hi, Russ,
> How nice of you to remember and reply! I've had a couple of posts to the
> lists that I wondered if anyone got (although the one to which you refer
> wasn't one of them.)
> Yes, I was aware that many - I don't know about all - philodendrons and
> synogniums have different adult leaves than juvenile leaves. I helped my
> mother plant her household pothos in the ground after they moved to
> Leesburg and it shot up about 15 feet with leaves probably a foot across,
> but, of course, not dissected. What I don't know is how much Syngonium
> leaves change and whether the strongly tripartite ones I've seen in
> pictures are characteristic of certain species or are just more mature. A
> friend here just gave me a white-variegated form of S. podophyllum on
> Saturday. What I'd really like is one of the philodendrons that climbs
and
> develops highly dissected leaves. It has to climb since I have much more
> vertical space than horizontal! I'm afraid my greenhouse is afflicted
with
> the all-too-common disease of tripled-in-size/quadrupled-in-content. Most
> of the aroids I have are small and not-so-rare, but I have a lot of other
> plants I could trade. Any other plant families you're interested in?
>
> BTW, where in central Florida are you?
>
> Carol Ann
> Nashville
>
> have At 03:23 PM 8/11/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hello Carol Ann. Russ in central Fla here, member of the Aroid Society
> >discussion group. I had your email
> >from the end of May still saved on my computer, and wondered if you had
any
> >luck in obtaining the
> >Syngonium you wanted. I assume the 'highly dissected' form you requested
> >would simply be a fully mature tip cutting. You probably already know
this:
> >After climbing a tree or post to maturity, leaves go from small and
> >entire, to larger and dissected 3, 5, 7, 9 lobes. If the tip becomes
> >disengaged from the surface it will start to go back to the immature,
entire
> >leaf form with much more distance between nodes; a 'runner' if you will,
> >until it
> >finds another surface to climb. Philodendrons change form when they
climb
> >also, some develop huge leaves, also the common yellow variegated
'Pothos'.
> >At any rate, I can send you any number of this form of S. podophyllum. I
> >grows like a weed on my mother's lattice privacy fence in Cocoa Beach,
and
> >can be quite
> >invasive here. I have a large collection of rare Aroids, mostly
> >Philodendron, Syngonium, Monstera, Alocasia, Aglaonema, etc. I think the
> >white variegated form of S. podophyllum would be more decorative for
> >your greenhouse, and it will become dissected also, but in a much smaller
> >form that the all green type, which
> >can get leaves a foot or more across. I could send this in immature form
> >also, or others if you're interested.
> >
> >Good growing,
> >Russ.
>
>
>
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