Yautia

From: "Eduardo Goncalves" edggon at hotmail.com> on 2001.05.23 at 05:39:44(6539) Dear Bonaventure, I agree completely with Julius. When the first leaf appear, check on the petioles. If they are light green, you have X. sagittifolium. If they are "dark", it can be either X. atrovirens or X. violaceum. In fact, their names never lie: X. violaceum is purple and X. atrovirens is blackish green. However, the thick layer of wax on the petioles of both species may confuse your sense of purplish... Both will appear purplish for a non-trained eye. So check on the nerves below at the leaves. If they are really purplish, it is X. violaceum. If they are medium green or dark green, you are a proud owner of a X. atrovirens! If they are lavender with green spots and yellow strips, just scream... You have something from outer space growing in your pot! "Take me to your leader" Best wishes, ;o) Eduardo. +More > >>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 > > > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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