Re: [Aroid-l] Real name for an Amorphophallus

From: "D. Christopher Rogers" <branchiopod at gmail.com> on 2018.10.18 at 13:28:08 Hiyer, Lester! Good to 'hear' from you! I have a couple of Subsaharan African species, but no direct information on A. mahajanga.=C2=A0 However. all the species I have had like to be bone dry and cool (70 degrees F, 21 degrees C) during dormancy. When they are up and active they want to be hot with bright indirect light. When I say hot they do best around 90F, 30C. Remember, most of Madagascar is seasonally dry.=C2=A0 I hope that it works for you. It sounds like a nice species. Happy days, Christopher On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 at 07:29, Lester Kallus <lkallus@earthlink.net> wrote: I initially posted to the Amorphophallus group on Facebook but see little traffic there so will try again here. Despite my initial plans to avoid once again increasing my collection while attending the 2018 IAS Show & Sale, I could not resist during the auction when an Amorphophallus came up for bid. It was jokingly called =E2=80=9CMary Jane=E2=80=9D. The label was blurry.=C2=A0 Searching the web, it seems closest to a Madagascar species: A. mahajanga. I bid and won. It grew well for a couple weeks but overnight during a minimally (and early) cool snap here on Long Island (50F/10C), collapsed into dormancy. I=E2=80=99ve pulled up the tuber and=C2=A0it looks fine, just dormant. There had been two petioles but they appear to have been growing out of this one small tuber.=C2=A0 I haven't formally measured it but would guess 5-6 mm in diameter. I've done a bit of web searching but have yet to find growing advice.=C2=A0 If this truly is Am. mahajanga can someone please advise winter storage?=C2=A0 Is it one that can be allowed to become totally dry or must I keep it in moist sphagnum until the next growing season? Lester Kallus _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l -- D. Christopher Rogers ((,///////////=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D< 785.864.1714 Crustacean Taxonomist and Ecologist Kansas Biological Survey Kansas University, Higuchi Hall 2101 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047-3759 USA http://www.kbs.ku.edu/ http://biosurvey.ku.edu/directory/d-christopher-rogers-0 Affiliate, Invertebrate Zoology, Biodiversity Institute, The University of Kansas http://biodiversity.ku.edu/invertebrate-zoology The Crustacean Society, North American Governor http://www.crustaceansociety.org/ Associate Editor, Journal of Crustacean Biology=C2=A0 http://www.crustaceansociety.org/jcb =C2=A0 Southwest Association of Freshwater Invertebrate Taxonomists=C2=A0 SAFIT.ORG HC SVNT CRVSTACEORVM --000000000000e5f66c057880c2cc-- --===============8708997822797641762==

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