Re: Philodendron polypodioides

From: Hermine Stover <hermine at endangeredspecies.com> on 1997.01.14 at 15:13:44(120) In re: slow growth. about 12 years ago I got a nicely rooted largeleaf cut of something yclept 'Monstera deliciousa'Salt and Pepper'. The leaves are thick, about 3X normal, and the coloring is grayish because of the minutewhitish mottlings, very subtle. In that span of time, other vining arouds have lept into greenhouse rafters, have been pulled down, hacked to bits, propagated and gone on to lead productive lives. this thing now has 10 leaves, and I am thinking of maybe tryig a few air layers. The conservative route. is anybody familiar with this thing? Is it maybe a polyploid? doesn't look delicate. just s l o w. Hermine +More At 03:59 PM 1/13/97 -0600, Tom Croat wrote: >Christian: I think that P. polypodioides is just an abberant P. >pedatum. The latter is a highly variable species. I wonder if this >"form" has some inherant genetic problem and that this could be the >reason why it grows so slowly. > > Tom Croat >

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