Re: [aroid-l] .../spath question

From: "ron iles" roniles at eircom.net> on 2003.11.22 at 11:02:05(10850) Hi Rosalind I found that in a range of cultural conditions, Spathiphyllum "Domino" seems to be random in its variegation patterns. But maybe even more than normal green Spathiphyllum it is dislikes bright (sun) light & an adequate but not too deep shade could enhance the variegation? Paradoxically, like maybe some other shade variegates very bright fluorescent lighting might increase the ratio of white to green. Variegation can even extend into the spathes & ruin for me their glorious simplicity & purity against the simple green leaves. Domino is a stable "commercial" variegate produced in the US by Milestone Agriculture in Florida. It is "beautiful" but for me as with other more "obvious" man made ornamental "improvements" on Nature it was sad that variegated Spathiphyllum should be grown in preference to the simple, subtle, inobvious, delicate, more gracious but relatively rarely seen taxa like S. patinii, S. floribundum & other Section Amomophyllum forms & scented Section Massowia & of course true S. "wallisii". Ron Iles +More I had a question about another plant I'm interested in getting -- Spathiphyllum > 'Domino'. I've seen pictures of the plant on a few different websites, and > there seems to be great deal of variation in the amount of variegation in the > leaves, and the contrast between the green and white color. Are there cultural > conditions that make the variegation more noticeable and striking? > > again, thanks so much. > > -Roz, in Southern California > > > >

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