I grew Typhonium diversifolium for years in a humus-rich bed in full sun in my parents' garden: it flourished there, and may still do, but I rescued most of the stock a few years ago and now grow it in pots here. The original tuber came from the hillside above Namche Bazar, Nepal, in 1988. There it grew as a tiny polant, with leaves pressed to the ground, and produced a minute spathe. In lusher conditions it is taller & the leaves tend to overtop the inflorescence. John Grimshaw ************ All messages in my Inbox received between September 2008 and 30 May 2009 have been deleted: please resend anything you feel is important! Dr. John M. Grimshaw Sycamore Cottage Colesbourne Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9NP Tel. 01242 870567 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ellen Hornig" <hornig@earthlink.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:34 PM Subject: [pbs] Strange aroids (was Re: Hardiness of Pinellia cordata) > This discussion reminds me: does anyone out there grow Typhonium > diversifolium in the open garden, and if so, what does it require? I've > been nursing a bunch of these strange Himalayan aroids in pots for years; > they seem to have an extraordinarily brief active period, but they're > quite > enchanting when they're up. I haven't yet tried any in the garden. > Thoughts? > > Ellen > > Ellen Hornig > Seneca Hill Perennials > 3712 County Route 57 > Oswego NY 13126 USA > http://www.senecahillperennials.com/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roy Herold" <rherold@yahoo.com> > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 7:17 AM > Subject: Re: [pbs] Hardiness of Pinellia cordata > > >> One other point that I forgot to mention... >> >> In the late 1990s I saw Pinellia cordata growing quite happily in >> several gardens in the Ann Arbor, Michigan area, which is certainly a >> subzero F region. These appeared to be established clumps as opposed to >> spring replants. However, the leaf size was smaller and had less >> variegation than the Yamazaki clone, so it may have been a hardier >> strain. Most of the plants I have seen in gardens or nurseries in Japan >> appeared to be the small leafed type. >> >> And out of thousands of flowers, I have only had one set seed. The >> special gnat that does the pollinating must have been around that year. >> >> --Roy >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com/ Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.49/2149 - Release Date: 06/01/09 17:55:00