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From: StroWi at t-online.de (StroWi at t-online.de) on 2007.09.21 at 12:32:47(16313) Aroiders, a (very) late "Thank you" to all of you who replied to my question! All the comments indicate that there is probably a lot of variation in T. venosum in respect to plant size and pattern of the petiole. Since I have just one genotype (thanks CJ!), I could nor tell the difference, neither confirm to some fellow aroiders here in Germany that my plant is the 'Indian Giant'. However, from all the descriptions and pictures it seems to be that I really have the 'Indian Giant'. Furthermore it was confirmed by the american fellow aroider I got the offset from that it came from Tony Avent's PDN as 'Indian Giant'. I attach a picture showing the wider leaf segments and the fewer spotted petiole. +More @Tony: Interesting what you wrote 'Indian Giant' being a strain and crosspollinating with the regular venosum. It would be interseting, too, to hear if the F1 is sterile and so promoting the suggestion that 'Indian Giant' could be a tetraploid. @Brian: Wow, your 'Indian Giant' ?must have doubled it's chromosome set spontaniously according to the leaf your picture shows, at least an octoploid - VERY impressive! Regarding my question about nubicum, I got a reply in our German Amorhophallus-Forum from a finnish Amorphophile that it was discussed in another forum that 'Indian Giant' and Sauromatum nubicum might be the same strain or genotype. (note: This was suggested by two guys named Hetterscheid and Boyce - ever heard of them???? ? ?;-) (Citation from the www.amorphophallus-forum.de: "RE: Typhonium ( Sauromatum) nubicum clip this post email this post what is this? see most clipped and recent clippings Posted by Razorback33 z7 (My Page) on Fri, Nov 18, 05 at 13:33 According to one source, Sauromatum nubicum was moved to the Genus Typhonium and included within the species Typhonium venosum. Citation published in Aroideana in Year 2000. Authors were Hellerscheid, W & PC Boyce. So, it is probably the one known as 'India Giant' Rb" End of citation) If you want to read the whole citation go to: http://www.amorphophallus-forum.de/viewtopic.php?t16 and scroll down a little bit.... Best, Bernhard. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: P1000777_Ind_Giant_web.jpg Type: image/pjpeg Size: 521744 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20070921/5f06883d/attachment-0001.bin

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