Re: not an aroid question

From: George Tinsley <gtinsley at netside.net> on 1997.01.17 at 19:53:44(159) Les, The plant you bought sounds like a Medinella species. There are two that I know of . . . magnifica and another one whose name I have long forgotten. I'm sure other South Florida aroiders can help you with something more definite. George Tinsley +More Lester Kallus wrote: > > While I was in Miami last week, I went to a nursery. There, I found a > plant that I hadn't seen before. I bought 3 rooted cuttings of it. The > owner called it a Mandanella. > [other stuff snipped] > It has smooth edged (entire) elliptic shaped leaves that are arranged in an > opposite pattern. The leaves are thick, have pinnate venation (although > you can't see the sub-branches as shown in the Exotica). The leaf > attachment is halfway between stalked and sessile though closer to sessile. > > The flowers are in my memory only and I haven't seen it for 5 days. What I > recall, though, reminded me of some bromeliad flowers I've seen. I looked > through the exotica, can't find the exact one it reminded me of, but the > closest I can come is Aechmea gracilis. The mass of flowers was perhaps > 4-5 inches long and 1 inch wide. They looked like pink match heads with > blue tips. (...or was it blue matchheads with pink tips? No, I think the > former.) > [more stuff snipped] > I apologize for diverting attention from aroids. > Les

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