Dear Jim (and all), Thanks for the info on my Typhonium. It is an amazing plant. Now that I have the proper name, I have been able to find more info on it. I already have piles of offsets. Do you grow it? I know you said that it is not hardy where you live, but I know that many folks move the plants indoors during the cooler and cold weather. It is cooling down quickly here, and I have moved mine into the greenhouse. So here is my next question: I have learned that T. roxburghii typically has a dry dormant phase. Is this required? Will my greenhouse (tropical conditions) keep the plant up, and exhaust it? Yes, I have joined the aroid-L, and I am quite familiar with their website. Anyone interested in aroids should visit it. Thanks, Christopher D. Christopher Rogers Invertebrate Ecologist/Taxonomist ((,///////////=====< EcoAnalysts, Inc. (530) 406-1178 166 Buckeye Street Woodland CA 95695 USA ? Invertebrate Taxonomy ? Invertebrate Ecological Studies ? Bioassessment and Study Design ? Endangered Invertebrate Species ? Zooplankton ? Periphyton/ Phytoplankton Moscow, ID ? Bozeman, MT ? Woodland, CA ? Neosho, MO ? Selinsgrove, PA http://www.ecoanalysts.com/ -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of James Waddick Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 8:59 PM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: Re: [pbs] Hi, I'm new. Dear Christopher; Greetings. I am sure you are very welcome to join this group, however you may want to look into the Aroid-email group. This is a group of gardeners who have an active email exchange devoted to aroids of all sorts including the tuberous genera you mention. You may want to join the International Aroid Society for even more. Check out: http://gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/… to sign up and http://www.aroid.org/ for more info. By the way Typhonium diversifolium is probably an invalid name for a Chinese species. As I recall it is listed in the Flora of China (check that home page too) but what is grown here in the US under that name may be T. roxburghii http://aroid.org/genera/typhonium/… It is not hardy here in Zone 5. Best Jim W. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F + _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php