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

From: botanist at malesiana.com (Peter Boyce) on 2007.10.08 at 10:39:23(16424) Tony, There are a number of new taxa involved in this complex. I have seen some of the mss (reviewed a couple) but not all. The refs are: Colocasia gaoligongensis H.Li & C.L.Long -- Feddes Repert. 110(5-6): 423. 1999 (IK) Colocasia gongii C.L.Long & H.Li -- Feddes Repert. 111(7-8): 559. 2000 (IK) Colocasia lihengiae C.L.Long & K.M.Liu -- in Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. (Taipei) 42(4): 313 (2001). (IK) Colocasia tibetensis J.T.Yin -- Ann. Bot. Fenn. 43(1): 53 (-56; fig. 1). 2006 [13 Mar 2006] Colocasia yunnanensis C.L.Long & X.Z.Cai -- Ann. Bot. Fenn. 43(2): 139 (-142; fig. 1). 2006 [26 Apr 2006] In addition there are a couple of obscure names that need to be accounted for: Colocasia fontanesii Schott -- Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 4: 409. 1854 (IK) Colocasia formosana Hayata -- Icon. Pl. Formosan. 8: 133. 1919 [25 Mar 1919] (IK) Colocasia konishii Hayata -- Icon. Pl. Formosan. 8: 134. 1919 [25 Mar 1919] (IK) Colocasia kotoensis Hayata -- Icon. Pl. Formosan. 5: 247. 1915 [25 Nov 1915] (IK) Colocasia tonoimo Nakai -- in Ic. Pl. As. Or. iii. 231 (1940). (IK) Very best Pete +More ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Avent" To: "Discussion of aroids" Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 6:24 AM Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] C. 'Fontanesii' id - Pete's id > 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 > 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 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l >

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