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mystery Anthurium
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From: GeoffAroid at aol.com on 2002.06.03 at 02:00:06(8940)
Dear aroiders (and especially Tom Croat if he is listening in...),
I have posted a web page (http://members.aol.com/Geoffaroid/Anthurium.html)
of a mystery Anthurium growing at the Living Rainforest in Berkshire, England
(well worth a visit if you are in England, a wonderful exhibit of tropical
plants, esp. aroids) and which they were kind enough to give me a cutting of.
It is labelled A. trinidadensis but that name does not seem to exist and I
suspect it merely reflects the place of origin - either the island of
Trinidad or one of the other Trinidads that exist in tropical America.
I (and they) would love to get this identified correctly so if anyone
recognises it please do let me know.
Best wishes,
Geoffrey Kibby
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London
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From: "Eduardo Goncalves" edggon at hotmail.com> on 2002.06.03 at 03:33:55(8942)
Hi Geoffrey,
What about Anthurium willdenowii? Those kind of leaves, together with
those lilac-mauve fruits are both notewhorty features of A. willdenowii. As
far as I remember, this species occurs in Trinidad and Tobago Islands, as
well as in other Islands in West Indies.
I hope it helps,
Eduardo.
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>From: GeoffAroid@aol.com
>Reply-To: aroid-l@mobot.org
>To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
>Subject: mystery Anthurium
>Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 21:00:05 -0500 (CDT)
>
>Dear aroiders (and especially Tom Croat if he is listening in...),
>I have posted a web page (http://members.aol.com/Geoffaroid/Anthurium.html)
>of a mystery Anthurium growing at the Living Rainforest in Berkshire,
>England
>(well worth a visit if you are in England, a wonderful exhibit of tropical
>plants, esp. aroids) and which they were kind enough to give me a cutting
>of.
>It is labelled A. trinidadensis but that name does not seem to exist and I
>suspect it merely reflects the place of origin - either the island of
>Trinidad or one of the other Trinidads that exist in tropical America.
>
>I (and they) would love to get this identified correctly so if anyone
>recognises it please do let me know.
>
>Best wishes,
>Geoffrey Kibby
>London
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From: Neil Carroll zzamia at hargray.com> on 2002.06.03 at 15:36:33(8943)
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> I (and they) would love to get this identified correctly so if anyone
> recognises it please do let me know.
>
> Best wishes,
> Geoffrey Kibby
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Geoffrey, It looks like A. wildenowii to me.
Neil
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From: Durightmm at aol.com on 2002.06.03 at 18:40:45(8945)
Re: anth urium Who was/is wildenowii? Botanist? Joe
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From: GeoffAroid at aol.com on 2002.06.03 at 21:45:10(8947)
Thanks to everyone who replied to my question on the mystery Anthurium. The
concensus is that it is indeed A. willdenowii. I thought it resembled that
species (I had even grown one many, many years ago!) but for some reason I
had it in my mind that that species had pale lavender berries. I was
obviously thinking of something else since on checking what pics I could find
of willdenowii they certainly show deep purple berries - so mystery solved. I
(and the Living Rainforest garden) thank you very much.
Regards to all,
Geoffrey
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