Re: [Aroid-l] Gonatopus species-Yup!

From: Ken Mosher ken at spatulacity.com> on 2006.09.28 at 16:34:33(14685) Hi Julius, No, it's not Amorph symonianus. While my particular plant does not have a well-pronounced 'knee' others on the sales table did (mine has the knee but it's not a textbook example). The swollen joints I mentioned are not the intercalary bulbils of symonianus (which I'm familiar with). Aside from which Am. symonianus would have one large bulbil at the top of the petiole (plus additional bulbils at further divisions of the leaflet on larger plants). On this plant the place where the leaf first begins to divide into its three primary groupings of leaflets has three large rounded joints. +More I will get a photo this evening, assuming I can convince my camera to autofocus on what I'm pointing at! Then I'll post it here in a size that shouldn't annoy dial-up list members. -Ken Julius Boos wrote: Reply-To : Discussion of aroids Sent : Wednesday, September 27, 2006 4:35 PM To : Discussion of aroids Subject : Re: [Aroid-l] Gonatopus species-solved Dear Ken, Loiter I did, but will do more of it next year if God spares life! Now I have to re-think my ID which was just based on the report that it was an all-green Gonotopus. You say that it has these three large, rounded areas on the three joints near to where the three veins of the leaf meet. This sounds to me like the seller made a misidentification of a plant, perhaps THINKING it was the all-green form of G. bovinii, but IF your plant does NOT have the very obvious 'knee'' about 2/3 the way up the petiole, it sounds to me at this point, and without seeing an actual photograph, that you may have bought an Amorphophallus simoneanum. I did see some of these at the show. These three swollen areas that you describe are actually a form of bulbil, and all three will fall out of the dried leaf and grow as new plants. Good Luck, Julius Sorry Julius, if I'd seen you loitering about I'd have asked you! You really must do more loitering in the future. It certainly is a different looking plant even aside from the solid green color. At the place where the petiole divides into three, the three joints are very large and rounded. But if His P'ness (don't say that too fast) says they're both G. boivinii then it must be so... -Ken>> Julius Boos wrote: From : Ken Mosher Reply-To : Discussion of aroids Sent : Wednesday, September 27, 2006 4:22 AM To : Aroid list Subject : [Aroid-l] Gonatopus species? Dear Ken, No one asked me! "Believe it or don`t", as the old "Mad Magazine' used to say, I have been told that this all-green, giant Gonotopus is the very same G. bovinii, the common 'giraffe leg' or whatever, the other one with the beautiful markings which grows to a substantially smaller plant, at least the experts including "Lord P" whom have grown it and studied the 'naughty bits' along the spadix say that they are a match! So there now! Julius At that IAS show/sale there were several plants of a solid green (no spots, stripes or bloches) Gonatopus with no certain species listed. Nobody there was able to identify the species. Does anyone else have any ideas? I can take a photo and post it later if required. Thanks, Ken<< _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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