Well I see a lot of you grow aroids but most are the outdoor kind for the summer. Do any of you grow the Anthuriums and philodendrons? I know a greenhouse is usually required for these but they are some interesting plants to have. This species here is still unnamed. My friend collected it years ago. I am on the waiting list to get a seedling or a cutting. I will probably be visiting with him this weekend. Enjoy the pic
Wow those are big leaves! You could fly with those ones...lol.
:) Donna
Oh man, this is torture! All these cool pictures! And in case you haven't heard it before, DG is fortunate to have you join us here and give us all this education and pictures!
BWILLIAMS,
I do grow and collect philos and anthuriums,
do you have a lot of them??
Maybe we can trade some.
Armando.
I love the few philos that I have .... mine by no means are special but they did wonderful outside this year and I wouldn't want a season without them .....
I know why it's an unnamed Philo .... because it's yet another giant Alocasia in the midst of an identity crisis!
:o)
I grow around 200 different philos. I don't think their are many that I have passed up if any over the years of collecting. I am good friends with Enid at Natural selections. We try hard to find something new to tease each other about. I plan to hang out with her at the aroid show she will have a booth and I have to bring her a few things shes been whinning about. As for anthuriums I have a ton of them I paticularly love the velvet forms. I have about 700 seedlings of Magnicifum hybrids I did with Warocqueanum crystallinum and others. I actually will be repotting them today. Hard thing with them you dont know what you have till they are 8 inches tall and that can take sometime.
We've been doing Philos for about 10 years now.
I just started w/ the smaller Terarium types last year.
I'll have to get down there and see yours in person.
Say Hi! to Enid for us.
We've really been BIG 'supporters' of her in the last few months. ROTFL!
Ric (Waving to Enid)
lol!
I'm a fan and 'supporter' of Enid too, and haven't talked to her in quite some time.
I also made a few purchases from her mother in the past.
You choose your friends well!
I grow a few philos, anthuriums and other aroids indoors....certainly nothing compared to any of yours, though!
I've seen many of your posts/photos on the other forum.
Welcome, by the way!
Gigas is possible one of the most beautiful leafed plants in the world. It has velvet leaves that can get up to 4 ft around with white veins. It is and amazing plant one that was on my wish list for many many years.
I have a really young Anthurium waroqueanum and the very tips of the leaves keep "drying" on me, almost like fertilizer burn. They get perhaps a bit more sun than they should (not even sure of what this plant likes) as it is outdoors enjoying a summer vacation with the rest of the household occupants.
Any ideas?
To much sun not enough humidity to hot. This plant likes to grow were moss would grow. A bit cool top temps 85f and low temps 55f. It grows high in the mountains of Ecuador if you have been to the top of a high moutain you know that damp cool feeling that is what this plant loves.
Hmmmmm.... yeah, my conditions do not match that description (and no, haven't been to Equador, but have been around some rain-foresty conditions in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere, so I think I might have a slight notion as to what you describe)
ANYHOW .... thanks a million, dude! How well do these beauties fare with less than optimal humidity but much better lighting and temperature ranges? My dining room will serve as a wintertime triage unit for all of my tropicals that are now outdoors, so the wintertime huymidity should improve if for no other reason than there being several dozen plants in one modest sized room.
