Re: [aroid-l] Giant Amorphs - Wilbert

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2002.09.13 at 06:25:40(9404) Then why don't you dig in the pots and put the plants in a more wind-protected area? hey, for phalloids you have to suffer, baby. > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- +More > Van: aroid-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu > [mailto:aroid-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu]Namens mburack@mindspring.com > Verzonden: woensdag 11 september 2002 20:43 > Aan: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu > Onderwerp: Re: [aroid-l] Giant Amorphs - Wilbert > > > > No no Wilbert... > > You should know, I would rather have my skin flailed off with > a hot branding > iron before getting into Philos which I generally loathe. > > Now Anthuriums on the other hand...hmmmmmmmm (SMILE!) > > What can I say... I cant protect the d**n things..... > Everything is looking > great... 4pm comes.. they sky turns black... out of nowhere > it is nothing but > lightning and rain, and the ever so pleaseant 55 mile an hour > wind.... I have > tried stakes....big clay pots... you name it.. these things > just arent built > to handle any wind..... The leaf is smashed into bits.. and > the orange or > grapefruit sized tuber I started out with at the start of the > season, is now > the size of a pea!??! > Of course with the exception of my large paeons, which seem > to be able to > withstand a house falling on them! > > > > On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 19:33:32 +0200 Wilbert Hetterscheid > wrote: > > > Some species of Amorphs have thick stalks as a > > stable character, others are > > thin. Of the larger species e.g. decus-silvae, > > gigas, hewittii, annulifer > > etc. have relatively thin stalks. Titanum, > > paeoniifolius, koratensis, scaber > > are among the thick-stalked ones. It's all > > genetically proof, no > > environmental factors involved. Having said > > that, I have pictures of a giant > > hewittii in Sarawak with a VERY thick petiole, > > but then the leaf of it is 3 > > meter high!!!!!! > > > > So, now that you robbed me blind of > > Amorphophalluses, you're going to get > > rid of them again???????????? Just DON'T tell > > me you switch to > > Philodendrons................. > > > > Lord Protector of Phalloids > > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > > Van: aroid-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu > > > [mailto:aroid-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu]Namens > > mburack@mindspring.com > > > Verzonden: woensdag 11 september 2002 15:24 > > > Aan: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu > > > Onderwerp: [aroid-l] Giant Amorphs - what a > > shame. > > > > > > > > > > > > Since we have been discussing the giant > > amorphs.. I am > > > curious as to why some > > > of the giants seem to stay very "thin" until > > they are "VERY" big. > > > > > > For example, plants like paeonifolius are > > strong and stocky > > > even when they are > > > small. My largest are huge with a base > > diameter of something > > > crazy like 10-12 > > > inches. They withstand the elements with no > > problem, be it > > > thrashing wind, > > > rain etc.. > > > > > > Now my largest hewitii has finally come up > > (fabulous, just in > > > time for the > > > temps to drop). I measured it this past > > weekend at 6.5 feet > > > tall...it looks > > > like a tree, although it is probably 3-4 > > inches in diameter > > > at the base. It > > > is in a protected position on my patio so it > > has a "chance" > > > of survival, > > > although if I put it out with the other > > amorphs I am sure one > > > good wind gust > > > would destroy it... as did my 5 foot lambii > > which was > > > demolished by a 10 > > > minute rainstorm. > > > > > > It is for this reason that I am considering > > scaling my Amorph > > > collection down > > > dramatically when all go dormant... I guess > > anyone interested > > > should keep > > > their eyes open for my announcement. > > > > > > Marc > > > > >

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