Philodendron 'Xanadu'

From: Paul Resslar <presslar at mailhost.vwc.edu> on 1998.11.18 at 20:14:56(2764) To All Interested in Philodendron 'Xanadu': I did an on-line literature search for Philodendron (using First Search) and found one reference of interest. This plant has a U.S. patent under the name 'Winterborn.' Check the abstract regarding the origin. It is not a hybrid, just a selection. If you are interested in pursuing this, below is the information necessary to find the article: AUTHOR: Winterbourn, V.L. Winterbourn, B.M. TITLE: Philodendron Winterbourn. SOURCE: Plant patent - United States Patent and Trademark Office. Sept 12, 1989. (7030) 1 p. plates. PUBLISHER: Washington, D.C. : The Office. DATE: 1989 0912 LANGUAGE: English PUB TYPE: Article PUB AGENCY: US Imprint, not USDA NAL CALL NO: 156.65 P69 SUBFILE/LOCAT: DNAL IND ABSTRACTS: A cultivar of Philodendron Selloum having more and smaller leaves, withe a red spadix. Paul M. Resslar +More Professor of Biology Virginia Wesleyan College 1584 Wesleyan Drive Norfolk, Virginia 23502-5599 U.S.A.

From: "Julius Boos" <ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 1998.11.19 at 14:36:53(2770) Dear Paul, Thanks for the information. I have done a long posting in answer to Scott`s posting which addresses this bit of critical info., and see in your letter that the infloresences have in fact been seen before, but they are in no way even vaguely simular to the well known infloresences of P. selloum, and the two CAN NOT be the same. It was grown from seeds said to be from P. selloum, but there must have been a mix up or miss-labeling from the seed supplier. Time will tell, especially if Tom (at MOBOT) manages to find a match for the infloresences that we collected very recently. Keep in touch, Cheers, Julius +More ju-bo@msn.com

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