Yeah, I think that must have been what happened. I didn't want the mini-beans, but they've actually turned out pretty well. I harvested a couple lbs. yesterday, and then another couple today, and got 2 good meals out of them, although they do seem to take more work since you need more beans to get a substantial bowl's worth. After reading some posts here on GW, I was reminded about the leaves being edible. Once upon a time, I read it, but I guess I tossed that piece of info out of my brain, lol. I yanked off a handful of leaves and cooked them up in a tiny bit of butter and garlic, and WOW...the taste was amazing. Even though they're not particularly tender, the flavor reminds me of a roasted pumpkin seed - very nutty and delicious. I guess once I've harvested the fava pods, I may strip them of their leaves for a few more meals. The return on effort and investment for these favas has been tremendous. Not only are they easy to grow, they look great in a front yard, have great tasting beans, great tasting leaves, AND they're good for the soil. I was joking that this fall, I may plant ONLY favas in my entire front and back raised beds, but...maybe that's not such a joke. How do you usually eat your greens, gilb? Sauteed? Stewed? Or raw in a salad (though they seem like they'd be a little tough that way - not sure if they're better when they're younger)?

The only 2 that I have that are "evergreen" are: A. Titanum and A. Verticillatus Any others that are "evergreen" I am not aware of, you would think there are many. I am fairly new to this genera and my rule of thumb here in zone 6b is to bring them inside when the nighttime temps reach around 45 F. I have noticed that some go dormant inside right away and others take a few months to do so, in other words I really only have 2 Species that are in fact "evergreen". If you do find such a list please post it. Sorry I couldn't help much. Have you tried joining the aroid-l mailing list and posing the question there? you can find the link for the mailing list at the ariod.org site. I have been folowing all the threads and posing some questions there for about a year now. These are some of the brightest and most highly knowledgeable people you will ever meet when it comes to members of the Araceae family of plants. Literally the best knowledge about Aroids in the world is shared on this list.

I don't know where you can get a description for each species, but there's a couple of sites that have pictures of lots of them: IAS Genus Amorphophallus Alan Galloway's Amorphophallus page Galloway's page has pictures of lots of species, probably significantly more than the IAS site, but IAS has distribution info and a general care sheet which divides the genus into two basic geographic groups. Both are pretty helpful, and just kind of fun to look at if you're an Amorphophallus junkie.

I have some nice a.ongsakulii bulbs that I would like to swap for seed-grown bulbs of same, so that I can produce some seed. I have other aroids, and other plant species of interest that I can swap too. Just ask! Thanks, --Rick in CT