blueberry Anthurium

From: "Geoffrey Kibby (IIE)" <G.KIBBY at cabi.org> on 1997.08.28 at 13:43:39(1113) Dear all, To everyone who has requested seeds of this lovely plant (over 25 of you !) no problem, I am preparing packages now and they should go out over the next week. Please be patient, I am up to my waist in seeds, plastic wrap and envelopes; its a slow business. Up to my waist is not too much of an exageration; with over 35 spikes each with an average of 30 berries, each berry with 8-12 seeds thats something like 10,500 seeds!! I could single- handedly populate the world with this thing. All I need now is that 100 ft greenhouse and a lot of pots..... Thanks to the aid of Richard Mansell there should be some digitized pictures of the thing appearing on the ID page any time now. Any feedback as to identity gratefully received. It still looks most like a giant A. scandens (note the ruler in the picture which has inch divisions, the leaves really are quite large). Regards to all, Geoffrey Kibby +More International Institute of Entomology 56 Queen's Gate London, SW7 5JR Tel: 0171-584-0067 e-mail: g.kibby@cabi.org

From: "Geoffrey Kibby (IIE)" <G.KIBBY at cabi.org> on 1997.09.01 at 21:15:19(1142) Dear All, Some of you should start receiving your seeds from today; if you wish to see what they will turn into then look at the ID section of the Aroid web-site where they are now posted (with the help of Richard Mansell) and awaiting any suggestions of identity. Dr Croat thinks it likely to be A. trinerve based on description only, but hopes to get a look at the pictures later this week and get back to me with a final decision. In the meantime anybody else who has an opinion please let me know. By the way, does anyone know if Anthurium berries are poisonous? A friend of mine wishes to grow it but thinks his small children may find the berries irresistable! I know many aroids have aggressive chemistry but had not heard Anthurium being accused of this. Regards, Geoffrey Kibby +More International Institute of Entomology 56 Queen's Gate London, SW7 5JR Tel: 0171-584-0067 e-mail: g.kibby@cabi.org

From: Tom Croat <croat at mobot.org> on 1997.09.03 at 00:53:21(1149) Geoffrey: The seeds are not poisonous if it is Anthurium because I eat the mesocarp all the time. It is initially sweet, but soon becomes acrid, causing you to spit it out. I suspect it may cause the birds to do the same. Tom +More > > Dear All, > > Some of you should start receiving your seeds from today; if you wish to see > what they will turn into then look at the ID section of the Aroid web-site > where they are now posted (with the help of Richard Mansell) and awaiting any > suggestions of identity. Dr Croat thinks it likely to be A. trinerve based on > description only, but hopes to get a look at the pictures later this week and > get back to me with a final decision. In the meantime anybody else who has an > opinion please let me know. > > By the way, does anyone know if Anthurium berries are poisonous? A friend of > mine wishes to grow it but thinks his small children may find the berries > irresistable! I know many aroids have aggressive chemistry but had not heard > Anthurium being accused of this. > > Regards, > > Geoffrey Kibby > International Institute of Entomology > 56 Queen's Gate > London, SW7 5JR > Tel: 0171-584-0067 > e-mail: g.kibby@cabi.org > > -- Thomas B. Croat, Ph.D. P.A. Schulz Curator of Botany Missouri Botanical Garden P.O. Box 299 St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 phone: 314-577-5163; fax 314-577-9596; email croat@mobot.org

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