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I've experimented a little.

The images it is infrared images of the inflorescence of A. konjac. The recorded wavelength goes up just in the visible red portion of the light spectrum - so up to roughly 700nm. Infarotbilder are usually black and white, but using filters to 700nm, you have some color in the image, you can use image processing. You can see this color here especially in the pedicel and the lower part of the spathe.

I find it interesting that the inflorescence appears a total white. Normally reflekiert only the chlorophyll of plants the infrared rays completely, so that a green meadow or forest in the sunshine totally white looks - like a snowy landscape (properly mystical). This means that in the inflorescence, which has no chlorophyll, Yes, also must be something that reflects the infrared rays completely, otherwise it would appear Yes does not white. I don't know what is.

Picture Nr. 3 I recorded in front of a wall on which you can see the shadow of the inflorescence and the shadow of the horsetail in the background. Here, I find, it looks especially nice the 3D effect.

I have woven these pictures here just to achieve a certain change and also because interesting effects in the presentation.

Many greetings
Ortwin

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This Pinellia tripartita ' Dragon tails' has begun for me the days last to bloom and bloom currently still. It makes no problems during maintenance. In the summer I planted it in a shady spot in the garden, in the winter in the rest period dry at more than 10 °. Supposedly the type should be Hardy, trying I don't have it yet. If I should have time enough tubers left, I will test times.
The shape of Dargon tails to have yellow variegated leaves in contrast to the normal form. My plant has a yellow Strip; although here and there It is however not very pronounced. The plant has about a height of 35 cm.

For those who get no 3D, I've even added a bigger 2D image.

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Ortwin

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today for a change the petiole of A. discophorus in 3D.

Like A.dactylifer, this type also forms pimples on the Petiolen. These are however long not as pronounced as in A. dactylifer.

Figure 01 shows a larger section of the petiole. The pictures 02 and 03, then more, view the details. Can be seen quite well the pimples just in the 3D images.
Better I won't get out but the details, because my compact camera is no longer produced.

A. discophorus grows with me without problems, similar to how A. tonkinensis. The type has made so far unfortunately no branch so that it can be propagated only by leaf cuttings. Or has anyone made other experiences with this type?

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Ortwin

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today A. has flourished with me asterostigmatus. The flower is little spectacular, as well as the scent. She hardly smelled.
It has surprised me somewhat that the tuber has put a flower because it was only 224 grams (slightly).

I think the plant not for flowering, but because of the very nice blade.

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Ortwin

I would like to present here a non-aerosol plant - chiquitense and aristolochia.
She bloomed for me recently and shows interesting flowers.

Aristolochia are indeed not Arum family, have in common, but with the Aronbstäben so that to the pollination of their flowers are use also trapped insects (here small flies). While the shape of the flowers is similar to the smaller Nepenthes. At the sight of the flowers you can see just how it works. The "fragrance" that they produce to the attraction of flies is the second commonality with the Aronstäben.

Aristolochia chiquitense is a climber, which now reaches a height of about 1.5 m at me. The flowers are about 4cm tall.

Many greetings
Ortwin

@Michael: The flies must can probably back up and out when the flower is dry; otherwise, there's no tour holes.

@ Bernhard: the mode can multiply only by seed. I've tried cuttings, worked but in none.
At seed reproduction, there is the same problem as in Amorphophallus. The flowers are a female and you need 2 different plants (clones), which bloom in the distance of a day to fertilize them. I'm still a second plant from seeds, which makes no move yet to bloom. It is probably nothing more this year.
Better luck next year (if I get both plants over the winter).

VG
Ortwin

Hi Bernard,.

I the name changed from above in my post - thanks for the note.

I have not used Bewurzelungshormone, I mean to have read that also bring much but on the Internet.
The propagation is just miserable.
I have received seeds over the Internet of which two are germinated and now still alive.
The plants are available with me since mid-May in the garden in the bucket. In the winter garden, they were very, in particular were very vulnerable to pest spider mites. I had still not a plant that had so much and so obnoxious spider mites. Also systemic Schädlingsmittel have not helped.
Only when the plants out there were the haunting was over.

I maintain do two other types and: A. chilensis and A. baetica. A. chilensis has flourished (pictures coming soon), A.baetica not yet.
A. chilensis I find at least as complicated as A. A. baetica is simply chiquitensis - because not so prone to pest and accepts even cooler temperatures in the winter and the germination rate of the seeds is higher.

VG
Ortwin

So now the pictures of Aristolochia chilensis colorata.

The flower is significantly greater than that of A. chiquitensis, also this kind making a tuber during the growth phase.


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Ortwin

Today, I want to finish my little excursion to the Aristolochiaceaen. With an addendum to the A. chiquitensis. Here, the second plant has blossomed today with a slightly different colored flower.

Then two images of the indestructible A. baetica.
Also a picture of A. gigantea recorded around Frankfurt Palm Garden.


Many greetings
Ortwin

Today amygdaloides has flourished to my surprise late in the year an A..
The tuber was quite small as the flower, and stunk Aboud has.
Completely unspectacular.


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Ortwin

Today A. bloom with me for the first time napalensis.
Whether the flower still remains open, I know not; If Yes, is another picture.
The bulb had a weight of about 800gr.

A. napalensis adheres similar easy with me how A. konjac.
The tuber size reached by the way, planted in the garden in a sunny location.

Smelly she hasn't so far yet. Here perhaps.

Many greetings
Ortwin