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From: Greg Ruckert <greg at EZI-LEARN.COM.AU>
Subject: Chinese seed collecting expedition.
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Hi all,

It has been quiet lately on the AEG and I was wondering if I have been
getting all my mail.  This was brought to a head by this snip from a priv=ate
email.

>How come I didn't hear about this expedition from either Arisaema-l or
>Aroid-l? It was a friend of mine who is on Medit plants that forwarded t=he
>information to me. Otherwise I would have missed out.

For those that are interested, please check out the expedition page on my
web site.

I was sure that I had posted a message to the group.

Greg Ruckert
Australian Areae Collection
http://www.ezi-learn.com.au/areae/default.html
-----Original Message-----
From: George R Stilwell, Jr. <grsjr at JUNO.COM>
To: ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL <ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL>
Date: Monday, 31 August 1998 9:45
Subject: Re: Arisaema storage


>Ellen,
>
>No problem with the small tubers I have been forcing. They look just fin=e
>and grew well too. The second forcing they ranged from pea sized to abou=t
>3/" dia. and still no damage.
>
>I think your worry would be justified if the bags were moved often so th=e
>grit rubbed against the tuber. But, once I put them in the grit and the
>bag in the frig., there's no movement. They are much easier to separate
>than when I used milled sphagnum or peat moss.
>
>I don't store big tubers indoors. They stay in the ground which, unlike
>that of some poor soles, never freezes. On the other hand, hurricanes
>drop trees on the ground where tubers are. It makes a very compact tuber
>which, never-the-less, grows in spite of it all.
>
>Those with cyclamen houses are truly blessed. I have C. persicum both
>white and pink just blooming their hearts out all summer in a sheltered
>nook. What to do with them in winter Is a problem. They won't survive
>outdoors here.
>
>I bought them in Feb. from a grocery store because they were so
>spectacular. When they stopped blooming and it was warm, I put them out
>still in the pots. Little did I suspect they would bloom again, and
>again, and again - all summer.
>
>Anyway, no wonder your A. candidissimum are so wonderful - hand wrapped
>in newspaper yet. As they say in New York, my tubers should live so long.
>
>Ray
><GRSJr at Juno.com>
>
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