>>In the plant propagation class I am taking this quarter, the term paper
assignment is to write about propagating a species; the student gets to
select the species for the paper. It needs to be a species that would be
suitable for a relatively large greenhouse operation for commercial sales.
Since I am interested in aroids and Hawaii, I chose Anthurium.
Does anybody have journal-type articles (this teacher is an academic snob
and won't accept anything from "Sunset," etc.) or other references about
approaches to propagating Anthurium commercially that I could
borrow/access/whatever?
I've already harvested what the University of Hawaii has available on their
website and affiliated websites, but I need references from other sources,
as well.
Thanks so much for your help,
--Celeste
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To: "Multiple recipients of list AROID-L"
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: For dracontium nuts
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: john s. smolowe
> To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 11:35 AM
> Subject: Re: For dracontium nuts
>
>
> OK---here we go---First off, as Wilbert suggested and Susan confirmed, the
> photo is of D gigas, one of the two giant species of Dracontium found only
> in Cen. America (the other is D. pittieri, more on that later). I have a
> photo of a small-looking Caucasian man standing at the side of a plant of
D.
> gigas in bloom, the top of the spathe is at his mouth-level, so say close
to
> 5 ft. tall?! The petiole (only the base is visible) must be at least 12+
> ft tall, and is as thick as his forarm!
> D. pittieri`s photo shows an infloresence held by two latin-looking men,
> the top of the spathe is at least 9 ft. tall. The leaf is reported to be
> as big/tall as D. gigas, the difference is that D. gigas has an
> inflorescence shorter than the petiole, while D. pittieri has an
> inflorescence as tall as the petiole, and the spathe is more
> boat-shaped/pointed.
> We auctioned plants of D. gigas last Sept. at the IAS show in Miami!!
> They are sometimes available from 'nuts' on this list. WONDERFUL genus,
> all 23 or so of them!!
> The other 'odd-ball' S. American genera such as Taccarum, Synandrospadix,
> Gorgonidium, etc. are also wonderfully strange aroids!! My buddy Bobby`s
> FANTASTIC Taccarums, the largest I have seen or heard of in cultivation,
> are just coming up, the short, paper-like blooms with a tall, 'shaggy'
> spadix will soon follow, and with luck seed will be available in fall!!
>
> Julius
>
> >>Can someone please estimate the size of that Dracontium pitteri flower?
> In the photo it looks greater than 18" - ie huge - but that may just be
> the camera perspective. And if it is that big, where can I get one &/or
> at least read more about that species?
>
> John
>
>
>
> "Cooper, Susan L." wrote:
> >
> > Someone just emailed me a link to this photo
> > http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/courses/tour/Dracontium.html#anchor1295162
> > check out those glorious petioles!
> >
> > susan
>
>
>
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