[Aroid-l] Fw: Schismatoglottis species

From: botanist at malesiana.com (Peter Boyce) on 2008.06.24 at 02:25:00(17931) Hi Leland, Schismatoglottis corneri is pleionanthis, with the stem renewal axis arising just below the inflorescence cluster (as in Alocasia). The affinities of S. corneri are a bit obscure. Leaving aside the massiveness of the vegetative parts and inflorescence, the actual inflorscence gross morphology and to a great extent spathe senescence is very close to that of S. longifolia, in that the plant produces clusters of inflorescences that are nodding (strongly so) while during anthesis the spathe limb barely opens but instead 'loosens' gapes a bit, before closing again and, while clasping the spent parts of the spadix the whole unit (spathe limb + all the spadix except the fertilized pistils) is shed in a partially withered state. However, the shoot archticeture of the two species is completely different such that in all probablility the similarities in the inflorescence is coincidental. Certainly I will continue to post images of nice species. In fact, attached to this is S. ciliata. Very best Peter +More ----- Original Message ----- From: "brian lee" To: "Discussion of aroids" Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 10:07 AM Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Fw: Schismatoglottis species > Dear Peter, > > Aloha and thank you for resending the image. > > Not only is this species( Schismatoglottis corneri) large, it is very > attractive. The impressed venation is beautiful. What is the phenology > of this species, regarding the death( or not) of the post-flowering/ > fruiting stem? What group is this species allied to? I saw the list of > described species, which is large...and I know there are many un-described > species from your recent communications. > > At convenient intervals, could you send images of various Schismatoglottis > to teach the forum about their diversity? The dearth of information and > images is almost unbearable to the curious mind. > > You will never know precisely how grateful I am to listen to your > discussions. > > Aloha, > > Leland > > > > > --- On Fri, 6/20/08, Peter Boyce wrote: > >> From: Peter Boyce >> Subject: [Aroid-l] Fw: Schismatoglottis species >> To: "Discussion of aroids" >> Date: Friday, June 20, 2008, 11:14 AM >> Hi Leyland, >> >> I think that the server may have stripped the image; am >> resending. >> >> Pete_______________________________________________ >> 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 > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ciliata [AR-2130] (30) (Small).jpg Type: application/octet-stream Size: 51105 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20080624/131625e8/attachment-0002.dll -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ciliata [AR-2130] (23) (Small).jpg Type: application/octet-stream Size: 79333 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20080624/131625e8/attachment-0003.dll

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