[Aroid-l] "Elephant Ear"??? Man, I hate that term!

From: Steve at ExoticRainforest.com (ExoticRainforest) on 2008.03.12 at 19:57:49(17167) Thanks for reading the page Tom. I've been trading email much of the day with Leland Miyano and he appears to feel the photos are representative of the plant as it exists in Hawaii. I've been very hesitant to rewrite this page since I knew there would be those who would doubt some of the information. And that's why I did my best to make sure it was verified before putting it on the net. But, as I hope you know, I have no need to be right. I just want the information I publish to be accurate. This year, based on our tracking service, I'll have around 250,000 individuals read something on the site. If for no other reason than the large number of people who have found the site and return often, I need the information to fall within what is scientifically correct. Thanks again! Steve +More Dear Steve: I quickly read through your page on Colocasia esculenta and found it very useful and thoughtful. Certainly those elements that you have there represent what falls in the parameters of C. esculenta but I am no expert on this Asian genus. I have never seen the very large plants grown by Brian Williams. They would appear to be twice as large as any plant I have seen anywhere in cultivation. Perhaps he is correct that it represents a tetraploid form. At least one of the two smaller forms are what has been called Colocasia esculenta var. antiquorum. Check the pictures in Exotica. Tom -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20080312/a33ee444/attachment.htm

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