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From: Russell Coker <cokerra at BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject: rot, charcoal and rhizomatum
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Hey David and Everyone,

I've cleaned and treated the mushy spots from the A-145 tubers once, so I='ll
do it again.   I'm using a fast draining soil mix consisting of sifted pi=ne
bark and crushed red lava rock, so they aren't staying wet.  Any advice o=n
mixing activated charcoal into the mix?  Also, I plan to hit them with
Subdue fungicide - it may not help but certainly won't hurt.

I'd also like to know if anyone has had any experiences with Chen Yi's
rhizomatum tubers.  Since foliage and roots were cut during the active
growth period, do they go dormant until next year or put up new foliage l=ike
the tropical evergreens?

Russell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scherberich David" <aroids at NUMERICABLE.FR>
To: <ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL>
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: chen yi (and A-145)


>I received it a year ago ... potted immediately in a peat based
> compost with added sand and kept barely humid until it sprouted
> in Summer ... the leaf is still there ... I only water it once a
> while so that it doesn't dry out, the temperature in the
> greenhouse is minimum 10=B0C during daytime but it can sometimes
> fall to 7=B0C at night ... I don't know if it can stand cold
> temperatures but so far it is doing fine ... the Flora of China
> manuscript says "moist forest along stream; 300-900 m SE
> Yunnan", I don't know how cold it can get there in Winter time,
> 900m is not very high ...
>
> David
>
> Russell Coker <cokerra at BELLSOUTH.NET>:
>
>> David,
>>
>> How did you keep it from rotting?  When did you receive it and
>> did you pot
>> it immediately?
>>
>> Russell
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Scherberich David" <aroids at NUMERICABLE.FR>
>> To: <ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 10:11 AM
>> Subject: Re: chen yi (and A-145)
>>
>>
>> >I received it as well and it turned out to be an evergreen
>> > species of Amorphophallus, with unmottled pale green petiole
>> ...
>> > either A. pingbianensis or A. coaetaneus ...
>> >
>> > David Scherberich
>> >
>> > Selon Russell Coker <cokerra at BELLSOUTH.NET>:
>> >
>> >> By the way...
>> >>
>> >> I also received A-145 from Chen Yi.  She sent me 2
>> pictures,
>> >> one of a chain
>> >> of tubers (looks like dog poop), and the other of a plant
>> in
>> >> bloom.  I
>> >> forwarded these to Arno for help with an ID and he said
>> that
>> >> they were 2
>> >> different plants!
>> >>
>> >> The plant in bloom is a Typhonium, and the tubers are an
>> >> Amorphophallus - most
>> >> likely Am. coaetaneus!  Chen Yi strikes again, if you've
>> >> ordered from her
>> >> you know its a crap shoot.  I'd like to know if you
>> received
>> >> something
>> >> different from me.
>> >>
>> >> And, by the way, my 2 A-145's are in pots turning to mush
>> as I
>> >> write -
>> >> damnit!!
>> >>
>> >> Russell
>> >>
>> >>   ----- Original Message -----
>> >>   From: tony willis
>> >>   To: ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL
>> >>   Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 7:05 AM
>> >>   Subject: chen yi
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>   I have bought quite a few things over the last 3 years
>> >> including a couple of arisaem.My first year was awful as
>> the
>> >> plants arrive in December washed and very small.I was ill
>> >> prepared and made a mess of them.
>> >>
>> >>   Since then I have ordered paris primula dysosma
>> epimediums
>> >> and lots of gesneriads.
>> >>
>> >>   They are all looking great and I am now propagating from
>> >> them.
>> >>
>> >>   It is true the names are a mess but there are lots of
>> >> goodies amongst them.
>> >>
>> >>   I think the last list was the 1994 one and nothing much
>> >> changes.
>> >>
>> >>   Beware the prices are very cheap but the postage is
>> >> horrendous, you need to order a lot to make the unit price
>> >> reasonable.
>> >>
>> >>   http://home.no.net/chenyi/index.html
>> >>
>> >>   The delete button has proved pretty useful this last few
>> >> days!!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>   Tony Willis
>> >>
>> >>   Chorley
>> >>   NW England
>> >>
>>
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