Re: [Aroid-l] Found the Giant Belolonchium in the Wild!

From: <ju-bo at msn.com> on 2009.08.09 at 16:37:43 Dear Elizabeth=2C Congrats! I`m certain that the next time Tom visits Ecuador this one might be on his agenda to see and collect specimens of! =3B Anything you can do to move this along for him=2C like the collection of sexual material dried in Quito=2C photos=2C etc. I`m certain he will be appreciative of=2C as it may not be in a fertile state when he visits. Before I forget=2C I wish to thank you for that wonderful snippet of information you passed on to me some time ago about your Shuara friends collecting=2C transporting and cultivating Caladium steudnerifolium from nature to their home veggie plot=2C also that they believe in it as a love charm=2C which parallels the paper I have sent you copies of from 1917=2C on the Benas (charms) of the Amerindians of Br. Guiana. I look forward to hearing what info. you can glean from your friends on the new species of Caladium from E. Ecuador (Aroideana 2009=2C in press) in their wonderful lives. Of course my ultimate goal for whan I pass on would be for SOMEONE to pick up the ball=2C as it were=2C and continue the studies on the Ethnobotanical importance of aroids in the lives of Amerindians=2C a task started by Richard Evans Schultes=2C Tim Plowman and others. Sincerely=2C Julius From: desinadora@mail2designer.com To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Date: Fri=2C 7 Aug 2009 06:43:10 -0700 Subject: [Aroid-l] Found the Giant Belolonchium in the Wild! Hi folks! A while back you may recall that we were discussing a giant-leaf Anthurium from Sec. Belolonchum from the Quito Botanical Gardens=2C which Dr. Croat identified as a new species. I was told to go out and find it in the wild. Well=2C after nearly a year of searching pretty much all of Ecuador=2C it was right under my nose on the other side of Rucu Pichincha! I've found seriously giant plants=2C about 15' tall with the trunks=2C growing on the margins of the Rio Nambillo. This plant produced leaves nearly 7' long by my estimate=2C and had a number of immature inflorescences on it. I was visiting friends and since I didn't expect anything exciting I didn't have my camera with me - so no new photos of the plants as yet. I'm returning to take a type specimen later this year=2C when some of the inflorescences will be ripe - this way I can also collect seed. My previous photos of this giant NOID are at http://s256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Unknown%20Anthurium/ Woohoo! Beth_______________________________________________________________ Get the Free email that has everyone talking at http://www.mail2world.com Unlimited Email Storage =96 POP3 =96 Calendar =96 SMS =96 Translator =96 Much More! --_3a7abd6a-ff8b-49e5-853e-480107c0b29b_----===============5115433892466083717==

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