Amorphophallus variabilis

From: Don Burns <burns at mobot.org> on 1997.06.09 at 21:00:10(816) The A. variabilis, or what I thought was variabilis, that is growing in my office has begun to produce a bulblet on its leaf. I thought that only A. bulbifer and muelleri produced bulbils. Does this species fall into this category also? Don Burns Plantation, FL USA Zone 10b

From: "NAME \"Wilbert Hetterscheid\"" <W.HETTER at pbga.agro.nl> on 1997.06.11 at 14:05:09(819) Dear Don, Well......no, variabilis should NOT have bulbils on the leaf, so that makes your plant eitehr bulbifer or muelleri. Cheers, Wilbert

From: Krzysztof Kozminski <kk at netgate.net> on 1997.06.12 at 16:43:03(831) >Dear Don, > >Well......no, variabilis should NOT have bulbils on the leaf, so that >makes your plant eitehr bulbifer or muelleri. What about A.erubescens? You wrote about it in Aroideana that it may turn out to be indistinguishable from A.muelleri, but it would seem that presence versus absence of leaf bulbils should be good enough to separate the two, no? Have these species been merged already? Taxonomically curious +More KK ====================================== Krzysztof Kozminski http://www.net#gate.net/~kk/ (remove # before browsing) kk@net#gate.net (remove # before replying) "Applying computer technology is simply finding the right wrench to pound in the correct screw."

From: "NAME \"Wilbert Hetterscheid\"" <W.HETTER at pbga.agro.nl> on 1997.06.12 at 23:03:00(833) Dear Kris, Am. muelleri and erubescencs have not been merged yet, but I have a good mind of doing it. The problem is that the type specimen of erubescens is still rather deviating from muelleri but I get the impression that with recent finds, the gap closes...........sob, sob, sob..... Cheers, Wilbert

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