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> Von: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-
> bounces@gizmoworks.com] Im Auftrag von Julius Boos
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 9. Oktober 2005 13:46
> An: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
> Betreff: RE: [Aroid-l] Frank`s Xanthosoma ID
>
>
> >From : ???
> Reply-To : Discussion of aroids
> Sent : Saturday, October 8, 2005 7:19 PM
> To : ? aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
> Subject : ? RE: [Aroid-l] Xanthosoma? Please help to ID
>
> Dear Frank,
>
> After reading Dr. Croat`s ID of your Xanthosoma as most probably
being X.
> sagittifolium (below), I agree.? I remembered that a couple years
ago
> someone else had posted a photo of a plant very simular to your
photos,
> and
> I had also incorrectly ID`d it as probably being X. violacium, and
that
> Dr.
> Goncalves had then corrected the ID to it being X. sagittifolium.
> My confusion is due to the fact that the plants that we in S.
Florida had
> been calling X. sagittifolium for YEARS, turned out to be X.
robustum,
> according to Dr. Goncalves, who ID`d a huge plant still growing
near to
> the
> cafe at Fairchild Gardens in Miami as being X. robustum, NOT X.
> sagittifolium as it was labled as, and had been assumed to be for
years.
> This X. robustum, a huge plant w/ bullate leaf blades, produces
the 'white
> tannia/malanga blanca' edible rhizomes beloved as food by us
Trinidadians
> and Cubans, but not Jamaicans!?? We could always get the 'red
coco' in
> Jamaican stores, it grew to be X. violacium/nigrum.? Then fairly
recently
> yet ANOTHER edible rhizome appeared commonly in Super markets in
S.
> Florida,
> the cataphylls at the growth tip are darker/brownish and 'tougher'
than
> the
> light brownish cataphylls of X. robustum, and the rhizomes are
more
> uniformly thickish/elongate and round/flask-like in cross section,
unlike
> those of X. robustum which are much longer and more
'irregular'/'lumpy' in
> shape.?? These new darker colored, more flask-like shaped rhizomes
grew to
> be plants like yours, and were confused, at least by myself, as
being X.
> viloacium, the same as the Jamaican 'red coco', but were
different, the
> petioles not as purple, and, like yours, with lighter colored leaf
blade
> veins.?? Dr. Goncalves corrected my previous misidentification
from X.
> violacium to TRUE X. sagittifolium, which are/were rare in
cultivation
> here
> in Florida.
> For those of you interested in the culinary merits of these
different
> species, the true X. sagittifolium and X. violacium both cook to
be
> 'drier',
> with a texture more like certain potatoes, while the X.
robustum/white
> tannia/malanga blanca cooks 'wetter', more glutinous, and is
favored by
> Trinidadians and some Latins, especially Cubans, in their soups.
> It is also reported that X. robustum? ("white tannia/malanga
blanca")
> causes
> 'itching' of the skin and hands when being peeled, while the X.
violacium
> (and X. sagittifolium??)
> ["red coco/malanga lilac"] lack this 'itching' while
being handled.
> Well,
> oiling ones hands while handling these rhizomes prevents the
itching,
> according to my late mother.
> Good Luck and Good Growing.
>
> Julius Boos
> WPB, FLORIDA
>
> >>>Frank:
> ??I am pretty sure that your plant is Xanthosoma sagittifolium
>
> Tom<<<
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank [mailto:f_h_bln@gmx.net]
> Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 5:23 AM
> To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
> Subject: [Aroid-l] Xanthosoma? Please help to ID
>
> Dear members,
>
> some time ago I have bought some "taro" bulbs on Ebay.
On the pictures
> below
> is the resulting plant. I would like to know what species it could
be. I
> would guess it is Xanthosoma lindenii "purpurea"...What
do you think.
>
> http://img290.imageshack.us/img290/4282/dscf00130hg.jpg
> http://img290.imageshack.us/img290/8066/dscf00149na.jpg
> http://img290.imageshack.us/img290/323/dscf00159dx.jpg
>
>
> Any ideas are welcome. thanx a lot!
>
> Frank Hardung
>
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