O goodness! About anything I have doubles of! I'm not 100% sure what I have that would interest you, I'm flush with elephant ears, I have about 15 tradable types, lots of other tropicals, some hosta, daylily, hardy asiatic oriental trumpet orenpent martignon ... Lots of lilys If you don't mind email me and can work things out, there's a few things on your list interesting me too I realize the bulb you mentioned is not cheap, ill make a strong offer, I just hope I can tempt you with the plant I have, most are not much like the ones you have, but the elephant ears sure do good for me in zone 6 Thanks alot for the response!

Hi Susan, I've been meaning to take your "girls only" poll since you first came up with it, but I've been pretty busy since then, trying to get all my tropicals dug up and repotted and stored in the greenhouse and cellar for winter. But since it's a very windy and rainy day today, and I got ALL 57 bananas stored in the cellar today, I thought I'd take the time to answer your poll... How did your interest develop - suddenly or over a long period of time, or was it forced on you so that you eventually became the addict's codependent? I've always loved big elephant ears, since I was a child, but had no idea what an "aroid" was until maybe five years ago when I discovered GW. So I'd say my addiction grew over a long period of time. What is your favorite group of araceae? Philos? Colocasias? Amorphs? Callas? Break it on down, ladies. My best loved are Xanthosomas, followed by Colocasia, Alocasias, Amorphophallus, and Philos. It's hard to choose because I've yet to find one I don't like. If you had to choose between a man and an aroid, which would it be? And, if an aroid, which aroid would tip the scale in its favor? Definitely choose a man. They are way more fun to cuddle up with! Besides, it's DH's paycheck that pays for my addiction! What is your favorite place to buy aroids? Ebay? Local nurseries? Online nurseries? Overseas nurseries? Trades with other aroidiacs? I love eBay and have found some fantastic plants there that I've never seen any other place. I also love trading with other Aroid lovers. Some of my best plants came from trades. Do you grow your aroids in the ground or in pots and then have to heft them indoors for the wiinter; and.... whichever place you grow them, which do you prefer? I would prefer to grow them in the ground but the vast majority of mine go into the greenhouse for the winter. I leave the hardy ones outside. A. Titanum comes inside the house for winter because I killed its siblings last winter in my too cool greenhouse. If you had a choice of anywhere else to live which would be more conducive to aroid culture, where would it be? Hawaii What aroids are you currently growing? Alocasias, Colocasias, Xanthosomas, Philodendrons, Syngoniums, Nephthytis, Monsteras, Sauromatums, Dracunculus, Amorphophallus, ZZ Plants, Western Skunk Cabbages, Arum Italicums, Jack in the Pulpits, Calla lilies, probably others I can't think of right now. What aroids are on your list of "must haves", but haven't been able to get yet? Cyrtosperma Johnstonii, variegated Monstera, Philodendron 'Pink Princess', Alocasia 'Portei' and Amorphophallus henryi. What aroids are on your sorta, kinda, maybe, might wanna have it, but aren't really sure? Possibly Amorphophallus paeonifolius.. Which aroids would you NOT recommend to anyone, and state your reason. I like them all and would recommend them to any plant lover not familiar with aroids. AND (DRUMROLL), if you had a huge wad of money to tip your favorite Chippendale - no, no, no, I'm getting way off the subject here - to buy a really rare, expensive, aroid, what would it be? It wouldn't be an aroid, it would probably be an AeAe Banana. :)

Hi everyone. Stan - It seems to be the same story with other forums as well as this isn't the only one that's gone quiet. I’m a member on another forum and although there are many members, it’s gone very quiet with very little participation so I decided to try and fire it up a bit and get things going again with a new thread. It was called “Let’s see some pictures” and I started it on June 6 2014 and below is what I wrote: To attempt to put a bit of life back into our forum, I'm throwing out a challenge to you all to post just one pic of one of your bromeliads; it doesn't matter what it is, just one that you grow and like. You don't need to write a book to accompany it (but it would be nice all the same) but just post one picture so that we know you are at least interested in seeing this forum get back to the level it once was and continue to be a leading international bromeliad forum. This thread is still open and went for 29 pages and the last time I posted was November 18, 2015. The disappointing statistic though is that although it was viewed 29,147 times, it was only the same half dozen members posting the pic's and writing the comments. I don’t think people are interested in actively participating, they just want to “sit on the fence” and reap the benefits without doing any work. This is why so many have switched over to Face Book, it’s much less work, usually it’s just a word or two as a comment or a press of the dreaded “like button”. It seems most people never change; they always take the “easy way”. We all know what a wonderful tool a forum can be for sharing knowledge, but it has to be two way communications for it to work. I’ve had my whinge for the day so I’ll now get down off my soap box and finish with a picture of a group of my xNeophytum 'Galactic Warrior'. All the best, Nev. xNeophytum 'Galactic Warrior'.

Thats a great idea Kylie, and thanks for the bump. I'm still making my way thru this thread (I know, I know - I'm slow) offering up what I have left, so don't give up hope on getting some of those wishes or maybe an unexpected surprise from someone. But gosh, theres no way to top those SSanta boxes. Un-be-lievable! I have had the most fun reading those threads and actually got some great ideas for Christmas gifts. And those of you just beginning to cut back your bruggies, if you have something to share, make someone's day by trying to fullfil a wish or two. Its sort of like the "Give a Kid a Coat" campaign, except it's more like "Give a Pal a Cutting" or "Give an Addict a Fix" LOL. So everybody update your wish list or post again and Kylie I've noticed, you haven't posted any of your wishes.