Re: [aroid-l] Anthuriums from Ecuador

From: Aroideae at aol.com on 2004.03.17 at 00:48:51(11281) hi geoffrey, nice to hear from you, even indirectly. tom is in europe and might not be on-line till he returns, so i'll do my best. A. grubii (think it might be 2 "b's") is a new species from the amazon side of the Andes in Ecuador. no doubt tom IDd this for pepe while he was at ecuagenera. you might find it on Tropicos.....http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html A. variegatum gets its name from the juvenile leaves which i'm told are variegated. i've not seen the juveniles. i'm sorry, but i have no idea what the 3rd plant is. best, lynn +More Hi All, Can anyone (particularly Tom Croat or Lynn Hannon if they are reading this) help with some IDs for three Anthurium species? They were purchased from Ecuagenera at a show in London and only two were labelled with possible species names. If you go to: www.members.aol.com/dgiscience/Anthuriums.html you will see the three species concerned (you MUST spell Anthurium with an uppercase A, the site is case sensitive). On the left is a species which would seem close to A. lentii or A.ovatifolium, it was labelled as A.grubii, a name I cannot trace. The leaves are about six inches in length, very thick and leathery and glossy on both surfaces, but could well be young leaves. In the centre is a species they labelled as A. variegatum, a good species name but one which I do not have a description of, I fail to see what is variegated if it IS this species! The petioles are strikingly red. The leaves are about ten inches in length. On the right is an unnamed species which I at first thought was A.panduriforme but the leaves are more slender and the leaf surface is satiny-shimmering rather than glossy. The leaves are about ten inches in length. It looks similar also to A.dragonopterum but the veins seem much further apart. Any suggestions much appreciated! Thanks, Geoffrey Kibby London

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