Foster's self-heading Philodendron species and hybrids

From: Eric Schmidt <leu242 at yahoo.com> on 2010.12.08 at 15:54:12(21677) I'm doing research on Mulford Foster, and plant explorer and breeder who li ved in Orlando. He did extensive traveling and plant exploring and collecti ng to Central and South America from the 1930s until the late 1950s. He is best known for his bromeliad collections and subsequent hybrids but he also collected some self heading Philodendron and made a few hybrids. 2 of the collections he made were unknown species and were just called Fosters Speci es 1 and Fosters Species 2. Since then I have found Species 1 was P. cymbis pathum which is now known as P. brasiliense. One hybrid he made was named P. x fosterianum and is listed as P. bipinnati fidum x P. Foster Species 1 (he also created Phildodendron 'Orlando' which is P. wendlandii x Philod endron Foster Species 2). So my questions are; 1. Is Philodendron x fosterianum still known in cultivation ? 2. Philodendron Fosters Species 2, I haven't been able to find a name for, anyone familiar with it? 3. Is P. brasiliense (cymbispathum) in cultivation? Twosources of information I found is an online article from the Florida State Horticultural Society from 1956 called "Some Notes on Philodendron Hy brids" by Erdman West and H.N. Miller (Florida Agricultural Experiment Stat ion,Gainesville). In it it refers to Foster's 2 unknown species as P. Speci es No.1 and P. Species No. 2 http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1956%20Vol.%2069/343-3 47%20(WEST).pdf Also A.B. Graf's "Exotica, Series 3 Edition 9" book has some black and whit e photos of these Philodendrons Thanks for any help or information anyone might have ! Eric Schmidt +More Botanic Records Harry P. Leu Gardens 1920 N. Forest Ave. Orlando, FL. 32803 USA eric.schmidt@cityoforlando.net ph. # (407)-246-3749 fax # (407)-246-2849 www.leugardens.org _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: Johannes Moonen <emeraldjunglevillage at wanadoo.fr> on 2010.12.10 at 10:08:23(21681) Hi Eric & All, In the Guianas I think we have no aroids that are called after Mulford Foster. +More But just for your information, we have plenty Bromelia fosteriana growing wild in the (savanna) forest right in the back of our lodge in Fr Guiana. I also found this species in savanne forests near Zandery airport in Surinam. If you are going to publish about Mulford Foster, please keep us informed. Best wishes, Joep On Dec 8, 2010, at 12:54 PM, Eric Schmidt wrote: > > I'm doing research on Mulford Foster, and plant explorer and breeder > who lived in Orlando. He did extensive traveling and plant exploring > and collecting to Central and South America from the 1930s until the > late 1950s. He is best known for his bromeliad collections and > subsequent hybrids but he also collected some self heading > Philodendron and made a few hybrids. 2 of the collections he made > were unknown species and were just called Fosters Species 1 and > Fosters Species 2. Since then I have found Species 1 was P. > cymbispathum which is now known as P. brasiliense. > > One hybrid he made was named P. x fosterianum and is listed as P. > bipinnatifidum x P. Foster Species 1 > > (he also created Phildodendron 'Orlando' which is P. wendlandii x > Philodendron Foster Species 2). > > So my questions are; > > 1. Is Philodendron x fosterianum still known in cultivation ? > > 2. Philodendron Fosters Species 2, I haven't been able to find a > name for, anyone familiar with it? > > 3. Is P. brasiliense (cymbispathum) in cultivation? > > Two sources of information I found is an online article from the > Florida State Horticultural Society from 1956 called "Some Notes on > Philodendron Hybrids" by Erdman West and H.N. Miller (Florida > Agricultural Experiment Station,Gainesville). In it it refers to > Foster's 2 unknown species as P. Species No.1 and P. Species No. 2 > > http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1956%20Vol.%2069/343-347%20(WEST).pdf > > > Also A.B. Graf's "Exotica, Series 3 Edition 9" book has some black > and white photos of these Philodendrons > > Thanks for any help or information anyone might have ! > > Eric Schmidt > Botanic Records > Harry P. Leu Gardens > 1920 N. Forest Ave. > Orlando, FL. 32803 USA > eric.schmidt@cityoforlando.net > ph. # (407)-246-3749 > fax # (407)-246-2849 > www.leugardens.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: Eduardo <eduardo.goncalves at inhotim.org.br> on 2010.12.10 at 12:54:34(21682) Dear Eric, Philodendron brasiliense is cultivared in Inhotim Botanic Garden (my collections) as in two other places in Brazil (Plantarum Botanic Garden and UCB Hortus). It is also quite common in the main road between Rio de Janeiro and SÃ £o Paulo. Best wishes, Eduardo +More Enviado via iPhone Em 08/12/2010, Ã s 13:54, Eric Schmidt escreveu: > I'm doing research on Mulford Foster, and plant explorer and breeder who lived in Orlando. He did extensive traveling and plant exploring and collecting to Central and South America from the 1930s until the late 1950s. He is best known for his bromeliad collections and subsequent hybrids but he also collected some self heading Philodendron and made a few hybrids. 2 of the collections he made were unknown species and were just called Fosters Species 1 and Fosters Species 2. Since then I have found Species 1 was P. cymbispathum which is now known as P. brasiliense. > > One hybrid he made was named P. x fosterianum and is listed as P. bipinnatifidum x P. Foster Species 1 > > (he also created Phildodendron 'Orlando' which is P. wendlandii x Philodendron Foster Species 2). > > So my questions are; > > 1. Is Philodendron x fosterianum still known in cultivation ? > > 2. Philodendron Fosters Species 2, I haven't been able to find a name for, anyone familiar with it? > > 3. Is P. brasiliense (cymbispathum) in cultivation? > > Two sources of information I found is an online article from the Florida State Horticultural Society from 1956 called "Some Notes on Philodendron Hybrids" by Erdman West and H.N. Miller (Florida Agricultural Experiment Station,Gainesville). In it it refers to Foster's 2 unknown species as P. Species No.1 and P. Species No. 2 > > http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1956%20Vol.%2069/343-347%20(WEST).pdf > > > Also A.B. Graf's "Exotica, Series 3 Edition 9" book has some black and white photos of these Philodendrons > > Thanks for any help or information anyone might have ! > > Eric Schmidt > Botanic Records > Harry P. Leu Gardens > 1920 N. Forest Ave. > Orlando, FL. 32803 USA > eric.schmidt@cityoforlando.net > ph. # (407)-246-3749 > fax # (407)-246-2849 > www.leugardens.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: Brian Williams <pugturd at windstream.net> on 2010.12.11 at 18:01:56(21685) Philodendron brasiliense was being grown a few years ago at Selby Botanical gardens. Not sure who collected it but I did manage to get some photos 3 years ago. It may still be growing but very hard to say they have changed so much. +More _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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