Identification!!!!

From: plantnut at shadow.net (Dewey Fisk) on 1998.05.16 at 01:56:55(2142) New pictures at Dick Mansells Identification Page.... Pictures #138.... I obtained this plant many years ago as Amorphophallus dunnii. Now, I have reason to doubt this identification.... Anyone have any ideas... Watchathink???? Please go to the IAS Web Page at and let me know what you think... Many thanks. Dewey +More Dewey E. Fisk, Plant Nut THE PHILODENDRON PHREAQUE Your Source for Tropical Araceae

From: "Peter Wunderlin" <pmdes at iafrica.com> on 1998.05.17 at 01:46:26(2149) Hi everybody, I live in South Africa and have grown a fair amount of Anthuriums over the past year since I have joined you guys. With winter on our doorsteps I would like to know how much cold can Anthriums take as a general rule - if there is such a thing. I stay in the Durban area and temperatures can go down in extreme cases to about +5 deg C (+- 40 F). Would this be a problem for Anthuriums? Many thanks Peter

From: "Dr. Tom Croat" <tcroat at lehmann.mobot.org> on 1998.05.18 at 22:14:08(2173) Peter: There is a lot of variabilty regarding cold hardyness. Plants from dryer habitats tend to be preadapted to cold conditions. For example A. sect. Pachyneurium seems to be better adapted than other groups. That would also be true of high montane Andean species as well. Tom +More > Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 20:44:31 -0500 > Reply-to: aroid-l@mobot.org > From: "Peter Wunderlin" > To: tcroat@lehmann.mobot.org > Subject: Re: Identification!!!! > Hi everybody, > I live in South Africa and have grown a fair amount of Anthuriums over the > past year since I have joined you guys. > With winter on our doorsteps I would like to know how much cold can > Anthriums take as a general rule - if there is such a thing. > I stay in the Durban area and temperatures can go down in extreme cases to > about +5 deg C (+- 40 F). Would this be a problem for Anthuriums? > Many thanks > Peter > >

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