New cultivated Philodendron.

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at msn.com> on 2003.01.09 at 00:50:01(9781) Dear Friends, In the December 2002, Vol. 11, No. 12 issue of "Ornamental Outlook Mag'. there is a note on pg. 40, an announcement by Twyford Plant Labs on three new 'ornamental' Aroid selections.---- " 'Showboat' is Twyford's latest philodendron since its predecessor 'Xanadu'. With its larger, more deeply lobed leaves and slightly larger growth habit, 'Showboat' is making an impact in the interiorscape and foliage markets'. [The other two aroids are 'Double Take', a short-statured Spathiphyllum for us in smaller containers, and 'Tropic Fire', a Hawaii-bred Anthurium hybrid somewhat like 'Lady Jane', but w/ radiant red spathes and a yellow spadix, and is reportidly resistant to bacterial blight.] There are color photos of these three plants, and Philo. 'Showboat' looks to me like an aduly, older plant of P. 'Xanadu' that one sees in a garden that is several years old. .If anyone has or can get information from Twyford labs about the origin of the new Philodendron 'Showboat', is it another 'find' from somewhere beside Australia, or is it just an 'outtake' on Xanadu, perhaps selected because of the slight differences seen from the millions of tissue cultured plants of Xanadu?? Any information from anyone with a contact at Twyford`s will be greatly appreciated. Julius Boos.

From: "Deni Bown" deni at yaxhampark.co.uk> on 2003.01.09 at 10:50:31(9788) Many thanks Julius for the info on new ornamental aroids. While on this subject, I recently bought a very handsome specimen trained on a moss pole, produced in the Netherlands and labelled Philodendron 'Cobra'. It has very glossy, white-speckled, entire leaves, narrowly ovate, about 5-6 inches long, with rounded, not pointed tips, winged petioles. The internodes are short, so the foliage is nicely compact. I have never seen it before - but then we probably have a smaller range of aroids sold as houseplants in Europe that you do in the States. Any ideas of 'Cobra's origins? Before I read the label I thought from a distance it looked like Monstera lechleriana but with much narrower leaves. It's certainly one of the best-looking vining aroids I have seen for a long time. I also recently bought a vining Philodendron with no label - looks like P. hederaceum (P. scandens) but has a yellowish band down each midrib. Does anyone know the name of this cv? Deni Bown +More -----Original Message----- [mailto:aroid-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu]On Behalf Of Julius Boos Sent: 09 January 2003 00:50 To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu Subject: Re: [aroid-l] New cultivated Philodendron. Dear Friends, In the December 2002, Vol. 11, No. 12 issue of "Ornamental Outlook Mag'. there is a note on pg. 40, an announcement by Twyford Plant Labs on three new 'ornamental' Aroid selections.---- " 'Showboat' is Twyford's latest philodendron since its predecessor 'Xanadu'. With its larger, more deeply lobed leaves and slightly larger growth habit, 'Showboat' is making an impact in the interiorscape and foliage markets'. [The other two aroids are 'Double Take', a short-statured Spathiphyllum for us in smaller containers, and 'Tropic Fire', a Hawaii-bred Anthurium hybrid somewhat like 'Lady Jane', but w/ radiant red spathes and a yellow spadix, and is reportidly resistant to bacterial blight.] There are color photos of these three plants, and Philo. 'Showboat' looks to me like an aduly, older plant of P. 'Xanadu' that one sees in a garden that is several years old. .If anyone has or can get information from Twyford labs about the origin of the new Philodendron 'Showboat', is it another 'find' from somewhere beside Australia, or is it just an 'outtake' on Xanadu, perhaps selected because of the slight differences seen from the millions of tissue cultured plants of Xanadu?? Any information from anyone with a contact at Twyford`s will be greatly appreciated. Julius Boos.

From: Paul Tyerman ptyerman at ozemail.com.au> on 2003.01.09 at 13:37:03(9789) >is several years old. .If anyone has or can get information from Twyford >labs about the origin of the new Philodendron 'Showboat', is it another >'find' from somewhere beside Australia, or is it just an 'outtake' on >Xanadu, perhaps selected because of the slight differences seen from the >millions of tissue cultured plants of Xanadu?? Any information from >anyone with a contact at Twyford`s will be greatly appreciated. Julius, Have some of the philodendrons come from Australia? I am intrigued by your reference to being "somewhere beside Australia" as I didn't realise that some originated from here. I really don't know a great deal about the tropical aroids, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to ask. Thanks in anticipation. Cheers. Paul Tyerman +More Canberra, Australia. USDA equivalent - Zone 8/9 mailto:ptyerman@ozemail.com.au Growing.... Galanthus, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, Cyclamen, Crocus, Cyrtanthus, Liliums, Hellebores, Aroids, Irises plus just about anything else that doesn't move!!!!!

From: "Eduardo Goncalves" edggon at hotmail.com> on 2003.01.09 at 17:21:20(9795) Dear Paul, Just to make it clear. There is no Philodendron that is really from Australia. They are exclusively neotropical, occurring originally from Argentina to Mexico. Anyhow, many interesting cultivars were selected there in Australia (as well as in Florida), that?s what Julius was talking about. Very best wishes, Eduardo. +More Have some of the philodendrons come from Australia? I am intrigued by your reference to being "somewhere beside Australia" as I didn't realise that some originated from here. I really don't know a great deal about the tropical aroids, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to ask. Thanks in anticipation. Cheers. Paul Tyerman Canberra, Australia. USDA equivalent - Zone 8/9 mailto:ptyerman@ozemail.com.au Growing.... Galanthus, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, Cyclamen, Crocus, Cyrtanthus, Liliums, Hellebores, Aroids, Irises plus just about anything else that doesn't move!!!!! _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pageþatures/virus

From: "Eduardo Goncalves" edggon at hotmail.com> on 2003.01.09 at 17:48:04(9797) Dear Deni, Well, this Philodendron hederaceum with yellowish band must be P. hederaceum cv. "Brasil". In their book on ornamental plants in Brazil (Lorenzi, H. & Souza, H.M. 2001. Plantas Ornamentais do Brasil, 3ed. Instituto Plantarum de Estudos da Flora, Nova Odessa) the authors stated: (here freely translated) "This cultivar were selected in Brazil by Ruben Acosta. The cultivar `Aurea` with leaves completely yellowish... was the starting point of the selection". It has became popular in Brazil because green and yellow are the main national colors. Very best wishes, Eduardo. +More I also recently bought a vining Philodendron with no label - looks like P. hederaceum (P. scandens) but has a yellowish band down each midrib. Does anyone know the name of this cv? Deni Bown _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8 is here: Try it free* for 2 months http://join.msn.com/?pageÞpt/dialup

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at msn.com> on 2003.01.10 at 10:22:24(9804) ----- Original Message ----- To: Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 8:37 AM Subject: Re: [aroid-l] New cultivated Philodendron. Dear Paul, There are no NATURALLY occuring Philodendrons in Australia, but many years ago a couple that lived in Australia, the Winterbourns, claimed that a single plant of a VERY distinctive Philodendron grew amongst a batch of P. bipinn. ('selloum') seed, this single plant, with the 'help' of tissue culture, has become perhaps the best-selling Aroid produced by tissue culture, it is marketed as Philodendron Xanadu. There should be an article in the next Aroideana about this plant, look out for it folks! Good Growing, Julius +More >>>is several years old. .If anyone has or can get information from Twyford >labs about the origin of the new Philodendron 'Showboat', is it another >'find' from somewhere beside Australia, or is it just an 'outtake' on >Xanadu, perhaps selected because of the slight differences seen from the >millions of tissue cultured plants of Xanadu?? Any information from >anyone with a contact at Twyford`s will be greatly appreciated. >>>Julius, Have some of the philodendrons come from Australia? I am intrigued by your reference to being "somewhere beside Australia" as I didn't realise that some originated from here. I really don't know a great deal about the tropical aroids, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to ask. Thanks in anticipation. Cheers. Paul Tyerman Canberra, Australia. USDA equivalent - Zone 8/9 mailto:ptyerman@ozemail.com.au Growing.... Galanthus, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, Cyclamen, Crocus, Cyrtanthus, Liliums, Hellebores, Aroids, Irises plus just about anything else that doesn't move!!!!!

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