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Dear Eduardo:

So good to hear from you.

This Schismatoglottis (to be described as S. clivemarshii) grows on very odd melange outcroppings composed of basalt, granite, deep water sediments and nickel-rich ultrabasics in a semi-hard clay matrix.

It is interesting to note that the two species to which S. clivemarshii is most closely related are both limestone obligates.

See attached.

On the subject of complex blade-patternings, here on Borneo by far the most complex and variable markings occur on species from ultrabasics.

See attached.

Great to be in touch Eduardo

Very best as ever

Pete

From: aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Eduardo Gon=E7alves
Sent: Tuesday, 7 August, 2018 10:25 PM
To: Discussion of aroids <aroid-l@www.gizmoworks.com>
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Zamioculcas - like Gonatopus ?

Dear Pete,

It was amazing when I realize how convergent are aroids in many vegetative aspect. If you showed me this picture as being taken in Central Brazil, I would swear it was Spathicarpa gardneri. Probably they use the same gene cascading to produce such variegation pattern. I could also bet this new species grows in limestone cliffs or limestone rich soils, since many aroid species in Brazil produces this kind of variegation when growing in rich soils. Let me know if it is also true there.

Very best wishes,

Eduardo.

On 7 Aug 2018, at 00:34, Peter Boyce <phymatarum@gmail.com> wrote:

Steve and all... I for one would be delighted to see Aroid-L with a new lease of life - the sheer quantity of "messages" I get when posting anything on FB has led me to being very selective, not to say the annoyance of trying to re-find a post that only moments earlier was on the screen but is now buried under a mass of images of peoples' food interspersed with persistent adverts for incontinence products.

Anyhow... in the vein of sharing... here is a nice dwarf Schismatoglottis we are in the process of describing for inclusion in the next Aroideana.

Peter

On Tue, 7 Aug 2018 at 07:21, Steve Marak <samarak@gizmoworks.com> wrote:
Pictures are definitely allowed.
I would ask that people not post a 20MB image file, since there are still many people without fast Internet (and since that's far larger than necessary) but the days of asking people to resize their pictures down to the point where it's hard to see anything are - I hope - behind us.
Post away!
Steve

On 8/6/2018 5:01 PM, The Silent Seed wrote:
As some of you might know, I import plants from Thailand from time to time (with the proper paperwork, of course) and a recent acquisition has me stumped.
These are called Variegated Zamioculcas - but the petiole has the kinks that Gonatopus do. Is there some kind of new Zamioculcas species floating around that hasn't hit the mainstream market yet? The leaflets are heavily splashed with creamy variegation, and are slender and more elongated.
I'm happy to share a picture if we are allowed?
Jude

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