[Aroid-l] C. 'Fontanesii' id - Pete's id

From: tony at plantdelights.com (Tony Avent) on 2007.10.07 at 22:24:32(16420) Pete: I checked the flowers on our C. 'Fontanesii' and indeed the spathes do open quite a bit wider than the C. esculenta cultivars that we grow. Can you direct us to an article about the C.gaoligongenis/lihengiae complex. We found plants in Vietnam that seem to resemble C. gaoligongensis, but these look nothing like C. 'Fontanesii'. Please, tell us more. Tony Avent +More Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony at plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdelights.com phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent Peter Boyce wrote: > Tony, > > I am pretty sure that the 'Fontanesii' cultivar of C. esculenta is somewhere > in the gaoligongenis/lihengiae complex defined by glossy leaves and a > loosely stolonifeous habit combined with a short deep yellow spathe that > opens rather wide. > > Very best > > Peter > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tony Avent" > To: "Discussion of aroids" > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 10:23 PM > Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] C. 'Fontanesii' id - Pete's id > > > >> Peter: >> >> I almost missed your note about C. 'Fontanesii' not being a form of C. >> esculenta. Sorry to open a can of worms, but if it's not C. esculenta, >> what is it and why? >> >> Tony Avent >> Plant Delights Nursery @ >> Juniper Level Botanic Garden >> 9241 Sauls Road >> Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA >> Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F >> Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F >> USDA Hardiness Zone 7b >> email tony at plantdelights.com >> website http://www.plantdelights.com >> phone 919 772-4794 >> fax 919 772-4752 >> "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least >> three times" - Avent >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aroid-L mailing list >> Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com >> http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > >

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