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From: Don Burns <burns at mobot.org> on 1997.12.11 at 14:13:37(1730) Aroiders, Julius has been having difficulty posting the message below to the list so I am doing it for him. Don Burns Plantation, FL USA Zone 10b +More ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 04:42:29 -0600 To: aroid-l@mobot.org Subject: RE: Hispanic Grocery Tubers Dear Les, >I finally located a hispanic market here on Long Island and was faced with >the classic question of which "aroid is this root". > >I found Mapuey, Columbian Yam and two varieties of Yautia. After searching >the web, I identified Mapuey as Dioscorea trifida. Is that an aroid? Can >it be grown over a short season?<< How lucky you are!! You have found a few interesting( and delicious!) Aroids and a few VERY delicious non-aroids!! I believe that "mapuey", IF in fact it is D. trifida, is the same as what Jamaicans call "yampey" and we Trinidadians call "cuch-cush". It is without a doubt the smallest and THE finest tasting (and the most costly ) of the Dioscoreas, and as far as I know the ONLY edible Dioscoria native to the New World. It may require a longer growing season than you can provide, and grows as a substantial vine, with leaves reminiscent of a bat-man logo! You can cook it like potato, and mash it with butter, use it in soups, or make a shepard`s pie with it. Enjoy! >Columbian Yam looked very much like tubers of Colocasia esculenta. At >$1.29 a pound it seems far more reasonable than the general cost in >nurseries. Is Columbian Yam a Colocasia?<< I do not believe so, it prob. is a species of Dioscorea, called "white" or "St. Vincent " yam in Trinidad. Coarser texture than Mapuey, but also good. >Yautia looked like (and probably is) a Xanthosoma. Can anyone identify >Xanthosoma fla (presumably florida) and Xanthosoma lily?<< I believe that the "Xanthosoma fla" will probably be X. sagittifolia, and the "Xanthosoma lily" (actually they are trying to say the spanish for "lilac", it`s color) will be X. violacium. Sincerely, Julius ju-bo@msn.com --FAA37709.881581149/mobot.mobot.org--

From: Don Burns <burns at mobot.mobot.org> on 1998.11.19 at 14:43:43(2771) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 20:19:54 -0600 To: aroid-owner@mobot.org +More Subject: Notification Approval request from listproc for posting the following message to moderated list AROID-L. If approved, send the following request to listproc: APPROVE AROID-L 111026 If the message is to be discarded, reply with the following request: DISCARD AROID-L 111026 ----------------------------- message follows ------------------------------ To: ju-bo@msn.com Date: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 3:25 PM Subject: Re: Re[2]: Philo. "xanadu" >>I have a question about "xanadu" AKA everything else. Is this the Philodendron I see used as ground cover at Disney? If so, is it true that Disney purchased virtually all of the stock and that it's no longer available as a result? I ask because a friend of mine saw it at Disney and wanted it. I thought it would make a perfect birthday present and was told I was out of luck. Les<< Dear Les, It is very common and available in most commercial nureries here in WPB. Cheers, Julius ju-bo@msn.com

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