RE: [Aroid-l] "black" zantedeschias

From: anton huang anton_huang84 at hotmail.com> on 2006.11.22 at 12:35:20(14831) hi steve..the black callas i know is hybrid name 'pot black', it's dwarf and don't have any spot on the leaves like other callas (clean green leaves). that's all i know..hope i can help u. regards,anton.> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 01:40:17 -0600> From: samarak@gizmoworks.com> To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com> 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 w +More eren'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-lTry Live.com - your fast, personalized homepage with all the things you care about in one place. in one place. _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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