Re: Fenestrated aroids

From: "Richard Mansell (BIO)" <mansell at chuma.cas.usf.edu> on 1997.01.12 at 20:22:04(109) Might we also add Dracontium to the list of fenestrated aroids? Dick On Fri, 10 +More Jan 1997, Eduardo Gomes Goncalves wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jan 1997, Wallace Wells wrote: > > > I have owned Monstera deliciosa and recently got M. pitterii. I am > > interested in other fenestrated or 'holed-leaved' aroids and would > > like comment from others who are cultivating the same. I know there > > are Philodendrons with this characteristic. > > The only genera of Araceae that I'm aware about the presence of > fenestrations are: Monstera (as you already know), Dracontioides (a water > dweller from Brazil), Raphidophora, Epipremnum and maybe some Anchomanes. > I have never seen a fenestrated Philodendron and I think they don't exist > at all. Some pictorial books of horticulture (e.g. Exotica) usually show a > young Monstera deliciosa identificated as "Philodendron pertusum" and I > think it can confuse a lot of people. > > Best wishes, > > Eduardo > > -- Richard L. Mansell Phone: H(813) 961-7072 Biology Department, LIF 136 W(813) 974-1588 University of South Florida Fax: (813) 974-1614 Tampa, FL 33620 Home: 13508 Little Lake Place, Tampa, FL 33613-4134 E-mail- mansell@chuma.cas.usf.edu WWW - http://www.cas.usf.edu/~mansell/mansell.html

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