Re: Anthurium bakeri

From: plantnut at shadow.net (Dewey Fisk) on 1997.11.04 at 05:31:59(1573) Jaime, Just to keep you on the alert for something else... There are two forms of A. bakeri that I am aware of... One has a much narrower leaf than the other... by about 1/3 the width. Honestly, I can't tell the difference unless I see them side by side. Both are excellent plants. I am growing mine in just spaghnum with a time release fertilizer. A. bakeri is a true epiphyte. Dr. Croat says in his "Anthurium of Mexico and Middle America"..... The species is known from Guatemala to Colombia in wetter parts of tropical moist, premontane wet, and tropical wet forest at elevations from sea level to 660 m. In Panama, the species ranges to 1,000 m elevation. In Colombia it is known from a single collection from Norte de Santander (Camp 84 on Pipeline, 600m)." (Lots of other good information in Dr. Croat's books.) Enjoy the plant! The red berries are spectular. Dewey +More Dewey E. Fisk, Plant Nut THE PHILODENDRON PHREAQUE Your Source for Tropical Araceae

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