Re: [Aroid-l] "black" zantedeschias

From: abri1973 at wp.pl> on 2006.11.22 at 12:27:36(14830) The cultivar 'Schwarzwalder' has almost black spathes, but its leaves don't look like rehmannii, they are sagittate and spotted like in Z. elliottiana. A photo attached. +More Marek ----- Original Message ----- To: "Aroid list" Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 8:40 AM Subject: [Aroid-l] "black" zantedeschias I keep forgetting to ask about this .... A few weeks ago I was wandering through a local warehouse club (Sam's). They had an arrangement of the most impressive black zantedeschias I've ever seen. They weren't truly black, of course, but easily the darkest I've ever seen, looking black from any distance at all and without any lighter edge. And in a lot of the darker varieties I've seen, the spathes haven't been that large - looked like lots of rehmannii in them, to me, from the size and shape. But these had larger spathes with a more open shape. I thought they were artificial until I was within a couple of meters, and I had to scratch them to be sure they weren't painted or otherwise artifically colored somehow. The distributor rep happened to be there, and said they were grown either in Costa Rica or Columbia - she wasn't sure which, and didn't know any more. They got in only enough to do that one arrangement, and I've seen none since. Anyone know what variety that might be? I've checked out "black callas" on the web - lots of hits, but nothing as impressive as this one. Steve -- Steve Marak -- samarak@gizmoworks.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l Attachment: zantschwarz.jpg Description: JPEG image _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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