Re: [aroid-l] Philo verrucosum hybrid?

From: Neil Crafter golfstra at senet.com.au> on 2003.12.21 at 22:37:45(10960) Brian Out here in Australia there are at least two or three plants similar to true P. verrucosum in various collections. The ones I know about are: P. x 'Corsinianum' - this is recorded as the first hybrid Philodendron, from Italy I believe in the 1800's. It certainly appears to have verrucosum as one parent as the underside of the leaves display the characteristic red flush (although less strong) and branched venation of P.verrucosum. The petioles are only roughened with no hair. The plant also goes by the name of 'Bronze Shield' I believe, as the leaves are somewhat convex in shape and fairly large. P. verrucosum x ornatum - a hybrid with P.ornatum (old sodiroi) that has leaves with the colour and veining of verrucosum on the back and the front of the leaves have some silvery splashes. A nice plant. Again, no hairs on the petioles, just knobbly. The other one that is a bit similar is P.gigas. I have only seen a small plant of this, but I'd say the leaves were much bigger and thicker than verrucosum. Tom Croat can tell us more about P.gigas. hope this helps. cheers Neil +More Neil Crafter, Adelaide, Australia On Saturday, December 20, 2003, at 01:04 PM, Brian Williams wrote: I have a philo that seems to be around in a few collections. Its goes by the name Philo verrucosum hybrid which it does look like a verrucosum with out the hair on the stems. Does anyone know if this is a actual hybrid? If so who made this cross? If is is a cross what is the other parent it is easily one of the nicest and easiest to grow velvet leaf aroids I have. At the moment I have 2 to 3 ft leaves on one that are about 1 1/2 ft wide. It looks to be about to bloom will take pictures of the flower maybe this could help ID then thing and get a proper name to it. THANKS

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