This is an old collection (you may remember reading about it in a
newsletter a year or so back) with huge plants in great shape of many
aroids, Myles Challis, the curator, spoke to you about some of his
material and I think that you helped out with cultural instructions on
some of the emergent semi-aquatic types.
The offer of a bed is a serious one, although I realise that it is not
an easy one to take up. See you in September when I get back, failing
that.Best wishes, Derek
-----Original Message-----
On Behalf Of Julius Boos
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 7:19 PM
To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Selloum/Bipinnatifidum
----- Original Message -----
From: Derek Burch
To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 3:35 AM
Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Selloum/Bipinnatifidum
Dear Derek,
I will certainly work toward making this happen, Eduardo is in the
field at the moment, but I should hear from him on his return to
'civilization'.
Where is the site that you mention ('The Living Rainforest') located??
I`d like to see and smell the plants that smell different to our
'regular' P. 'selloum'!
I`d request that anyone who may know of a plant collection that just
MAY have some of the VERY old collections of Philodendrons to please
contact me w/ their suggestions, I`d love to see some 'pre-tissue
culture' specimens of P. 'selloum'.
Good Growing to all,
Julius
>>The Editor of 'Aroideana' says "yes, please" to such a paper, both
for
that publication, and because it would be great to have it sorted out
once and for all for Florida. (Is there such a thing as 'once and for
all' in taxonomy?) Derek
p.s to Eduardo I would like to repeat my recent question to you
publicly. The @selloum-type@ that we were working around at The Living
Rainforest had a very different smell to its leaves from that to which
I
am accustomed in the common Florida plants. Any comments on odor as a
taxonomic character?
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