Seems there is a lot of interest in Aroids on this forum, particularly the tropical looking Allocasias and Colocasias. I'm more interested in the flowering varieties and wondered what do other people grow? I currently grow: Arisarum proboscideum Dracunculus vulgaris Sauromatum venosum Zantedeschia authiopica And I have tubers of Typhonia varians and Amorphophallus bulbifer on the way.
Hi I have Zantedeschia authiopica (Mr Martin variety had over 10 years easily maybe longer ) and collected seeds last summer so have a few babies that I am growing on , this was the only plant to survive the minus 10, two years ago so it got to be more tougher than the others I had its very nice doesnt flower for that long and it flowered for the 1st time last year so it took two years to recover. Colocasias 1st time growing and thats in the propagator at the moment but should look amazing hopefully For the 1st time I am growing Arum Italicum I will see how they get on but would like to have a couple more varieties , I do have a couple of wild ones growing in the borders but they havnt flowered yet a bird must of planted them I did nearly pull out thinking it was a weed but I recognized the leaves . Me and Joolz are growing Caladium we bought the bulbs from the same guy on ebay and I had one from Anglian Bulbs "White Christmas" so will be fun to see how we both get on growing something we never had , mine and Joolz are doing really well so far so not a bad start Spruce
I have a few Ariseama (speciosum, costatum, tortuosum and ringens. I've added A.griffithii this year so far. I allow the common Arum italicum to continue in my garden too as I rather like it! Spreads like buggery though! I also have Dracunculus vulgaris Coolsox. I also have an Amorphophallus albispathus (a dwarf species) just poking through.
One of the main thing we forgot is that all the aroids are flowering , of course not in England but let`s look at it . colocasia flower last year in Thailand i was actually amazed to see that even caladium are actually producing flower
I have: Sauromatum venosum Zantedeschia authiopica (normal form). Some Ariseamas "lost label" Some Alocasias and Calocasias
I have some small plants of Arisaemia consanguineum. In the conservatory Zamioculcas zamiifolia. Some tubers of Amorphophallus konjac A small plant of Alocasia calidora And masses of Sauromatum venosum, which appear all over the garden. Dracunculus vulgaris. Years ago I had a large Monstera which I'd like to replicate one day, they seem to have gone out of fashion a bit, but I still consider them a fantastic large house plant. Would love to get one to flower, or better still fruit. I also had a very big Philodendron bipinatifidium, which due to its spreading nature had to go.
I went to a plant hunters fair today, picked up Arisaema tortuosum, Arisaema costatum & Arisaema sikokianum.
*update* I found the old threads Hi All I went to the market in Cardiff to get some bird feed I noticed on the veg stall a tuber that looked very similar to a Colocasia if I remember it said on the label Edoes , he told me you boil or steam for at least a hour if not more, they had over a hundred all diffident shapes and sizes I think £3.75 a kilo but a lot the same shape as the Colcasia I bought. (this may be on another thread been a long day) Call me stupid but is this the same thing and if not what does it look like in full growth , and is it worth getting a few and growing them . they also had a long brown root very dark brown and looked like it had been varnished , plus a whopper of a yam that had shoots just about to start sprouting . Spruce
