Hi Wilbert,

From: Mike Bordelon <BORDELON.MIKE at NMNH.SI.EDU> on 1997.08.06 at 21:01:02(1020) Hi Wilbert, From your description of bulbil formation it sounds like it is A. muellerii. A. bulbifer is a Gabon native so it can't be that. I didn't notice the bulbil forming in the tissue of the axis. The plant was collected from Taungoo District, Bago Division in Myanmar(Burma) at an elevation of 174m. in the under story of a bamboo-teak forest. Mike Bordelon

From: "NAME \"Wilbert Hetterscheid\"" <W.HETTER at pbga.agro.nl> on 1997.08.07 at 12:40:44(1021) Dear Mike, I am afraid that bulbifer is an Indian species, not from Gabon. Muelleri is indeed known from Myanmar (I think we are allowed to call it Burma again). In the vegetative state it is difficult to separate bulbifer from muelleri but the tuber may help. That of bulbifer is smooth, that of muelleri has distinct annulate, elevated rootscars all over. Thus far I have no reports of bulbifer from Burma, so muelleri is a likely candidate. Did you get more plants from Burma? Other species? Burma is still a black hole in our research collection, so any info is much appreciated. Cheers, Wilbert

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