Green Zantedeschia

From: Paul Tyerman tyerman at dynamite.com.au> on 2000.10.14 at 17:28:03(5549) Howdy All, Is there a known form of green Zantedeschia? I know of Green Goddess as a form of Z. aethopica, but a friend has just brought into flower an almost pure grren Zant, around the size of the yellow species (i.e a LOT smaller than Green Goddess). The flower is exactly the same colour as the leaves, seems to be furled more tightly than a spathe usually is, and has a small white area at the base when pulled fully open. The spadix is very short and pale yellow. Does this ring any bells to anyone? Has two flowers out so far, both exactly the same. Cheers. Paul Tyerman +More Canberra, Australia. USDA equivalent - Zone 8 mailto:tyerman@dynamite.com.au

From: "Paul" drpaulbear at xtra.co.nz> on 2000.10.14 at 18:13:04(5551) > Howdy All, > > Is there a known form of green Zantedeschia? I know of Green Goddess as a > form of Z. aethopica, but a friend has just brought into flower an almost > pure grren Zant, around the size of the yellow species (i.e a LOT smaller > than Green Goddess). The flower is exactly the same colour as the leaves, > seems to be furled more tightly than a spathe usually is, and has a small > white area at the base when pulled fully open. The spadix is very short > and pale yellow. > > Does this ring any bells to anyone? Has two flowers out so far, both exactly > the same. > > Cheers. > > Paul Tyerman +More > Canberra, Australia. USDA equivalent - Zone 8 > mailto:tyerman@dynamite.com.au > > Paul. I collected the Green Goddess seed yesterday ! please drop me a line . Paul > >

From: "George R Stilwell, Jr." grsjr at juno.com> on 2000.10.15 at 01:42:24(5554) Paul, Did you watch the flowers develop? Many Zantedeschia have inflorescences that match +More your description as the flower matures. For species in section Aestivae, the entire spathe turns leaf-green and the spathe furls tightly, and there is often a whitish patch at the interior base. The next step is for the flowering stem to bend downward until the inflorescence touches the ground. Both ssp. of Z. albomaculata, Z. elliotiana, Z. jucunda, Z. pentlandii, Z. rehmanii, and Z. valida comprise this section. You'd could have a new hort. variety if the green color is there from the beginning of blooming and persists throughout the blooming period although some Z. rehmanii come close to this. You might want to read these two papers on Zantedeschia. Both have excellent keys and the latter has beautiful colored photos as part of the key. Singh, Y., Van Wyk, A.E. & Baijnath, H. 1996. Taxonomic notes on the genus Zantedeschia Spreng. (Araceae) in southern Africa. S. Af. J. Bot. 62(6): 321-324. Singh, Y., Van Wyk, A.E. & Baijnath, H. 1995. Know your arums: a comprehensive guide to the genus Zantedeschia. Veld Flora 81: 54-55. Ray GRSJr@Juno.com ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

From: Paul Tyerman tyerman at dynamite.com.au> on 2000.10.15 at 04:58:05(5558) Ray, This is the colour of the flower, not the effect as the flower ages. According to the owner she thought all along that it was just a leaf and then suddenly realised that it was a flower instead. Then the second flower emerged and matched it. Exactly the same colour as the leaf. Has never been any other colour. The spadix in the one I opened out was still fresh, rather than aged or setting seed. Still had pollen on it, so it certainly wasn't an "old" flower. I have no way of accessing either of the documents that you mentioned, nor would I know where to look. The plot thickens eh? Cheers. Paul Tyerman +More (Canberra, Australia) At 08:42 14/10/00 -0500, you wrote: >Paul, > >Did you watch the flowers develop? Many Zantedeschia have inflorescences >that match >your description as the flower matures. For species in section Aestivae, >the entire >spathe turns leaf-green and the spathe furls tightly, and there is often >a whitish patch at the interior base. The next step is for the flowering >stem to bend downward until the inflorescence touches the ground. > >Both ssp. of Z. albomaculata, Z. elliotiana, Z. jucunda, Z. pentlandii, >Z. rehmanii, and Z. valida >comprise this section. > >You'd could have a new hort. variety if the green color is there from the >beginning of blooming and persists >throughout the blooming period although some Z. rehmanii come close to >this. > >You might want to read these two papers on Zantedeschia. Both have >excellent keys and the latter >has beautiful colored photos as part of the key. > >Singh, Y., Van Wyk, A.E. & Baijnath, H. 1996. Taxonomic notes on the >genus Zantedeschia Spreng. (Araceae) in southern Africa. S. Af. J. Bot. >62(6): 321-324. > >Singh, Y., Van Wyk, A.E. & Baijnath, H. 1995. Know your arums: a >comprehensive guide to the genus Zantedeschia. Veld Flora 81: 54-55. > >Ray >GRSJr@Juno.com > >________________________________________________________________ >YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! >Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! >Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > > >

From: "George R Stilwell, Jr." grsjr at juno.com> on 2000.10.15 at 15:39:34(5560) Paul, You should be able to get copies of the articles I referenced from the Botanical Society of South Africa at Kirstenbosch. Their E-mail address is: +More botsocsa@gem.co.za Or try contacting Mary-Anne Loubser at botbkshp@iafrica.com She's very helpful. If the plants you've found set seed, the AEG Seedex-2001 would welcome some even though the chance they come true from seed is small. Commercially, I'm not sure how well a leaf colored bloom would go over. Probably only Zant nuts like us care. Ray GRSJr@Juno.com ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

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