Re: [Aroid-l] P. adamantinum, P. saxicolum.

From: Eric Schmidt leu242 at yahoo.com> on 2005.03.02 at 13:39:49(12749) One that we are growing is Philodendron corcovadense. I believe it is native to southern Brazil. I had seen this growing in a yard of a house near Leu Gardens for 20 years. It is a self-header that grows 2-3ft tall and survived the 20F freeze in 12/89. Some stems froze back, some were only defoliated. It is like a small version of P. bipinnatifidum but with entire leaves. It even has that odor that P. bipinnatifidum has when a leaf is cut or broke off. I drove by that house one day and it was being renovated. The Philos were in a pile in the driveway. I stopped and asked if I could have them and they said yes. I "rescued" them and planted them out at Leu Gardens. I have never seen them for sale, hopefully they can get into tissue culture. Here is a link to a photo; http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/leuaroid/detail?.dir£ee&.dnm£f1.jpg&.src=ph Eric Schmidt +More Botanic Records Harry P. Leu Gardens 1920 N. Forest Ave. Orlando, FL. 32803 USA USDA Zone 9b eric.schmidt@cityoforlando.net ph. # (407)-246-3749 fax # (407)-246-2849 www.leugardens.org --- Julius Boos wrote: > Dear Friends, > > Well, after a miserable failure to obtain these and > other 'smaller' > self-heading species of Philodendron by ordering > seed from the S. American > source ( as far as I can determine, most if not all > of the seeds sold as > being these species have grown to be P. 'selloum'), > I am putting out a call > to all you members, lurkers, Botanical garden > growers, etc. in an attampt to > locate specimens of these and any other > 'minature'/smaller species or vars. > of the arborescent / "self heading" Philodendrons. > I have seen P. > saxicolum 'in the flesh', also the TRUE minature P. > selloum, and so am very > interested in seeing a P. adamantinum, if there is > any garden or individual > out there with specimens of this or the other > species mentioned, or one that > I do not already know about, please contact me on my > e-mail at --- > > >ju-bo@msn.com< > > Thanks, and good growing! > > Julius Boos, > WPB, > Florida. > > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-l mailing list > Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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