Bonaventure
"Julius Boos" @mobot.org on 05/22/2001 11:35:58 PM
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Subject: Re: Spaths in the garden
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Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 4:14 PM
Subject: Spaths in the garden
>>I recently picked up an inexpensive 4" pot of Spathiphyllum at the local
mega-hardware store. Its full of growths and just as last year they will be
planted around in woodland gardens where they continue to grow until frost.
Bonaventure W. Magrys
130 Hilltop Blvd.
Cliffwood Beach, NJ 07735-6001
USA zone 7
PS. A 'yautia' tuber from a local supermarket has been potted up and is
sprouting. Is this Xanthosoma violacea?<<
'Yautia' comes in THREE colors, the 'lilac' is X. violacium, the 'blanca'
or
white is X. sagitifolium, and the 'amarillo' or yellow is X. atrovirens
(according to Deni Bown). X. violacium will have dark petioles, X. sag.
will have green petioles , and X. atro. will have a 'silvered/gray leaf w/
more rounded 'tips'. The rhizomes ---X. vio. will have a dark-colored
rhi., and when you check,scratch at the growing point you can see the
violet
color, X. sag. has a lighter colored rhi. w/ no viloet color at the tip,
and
X. atro. has a almost balck skinned, very hairy (rooty?) rhi. w/ a yellow
core.
Cheers,
Julius
Cheers,
Julius
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