Re: [Aroid-l] Xanthosoma indica?

From: Peter Boyce <phymatarum at googlemail.com> on 2009.04.10 at 23:04:15(19231) HiJulius, Sorry,but I said no such thing! I said “Hi Marek, Bit stylized...myguess would be Xanthosoma rather than Alocasia...”, it was Marek whosuggested Xanthosoma indica... There IS an Alocasia indica (= Alocasiamacrorrhiozos) but the stamp does NOT depict Alocasia macrorrhizos). My guessis that it is one of the carbohydrate crop Xanthosoma spp. That are frequentlymet with throughout the tropics, well away from their native Caribbean and South/CentralAmerican origins... Pete HTML +More From: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com[mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of ju-bo@msn.com Sent: 10 April 2009 17:22 To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Xanthosoma indica? Dear John and Friends, The illustration on this stamp, especially that of one leaf, does in factclosely resemble a non-discript species within the Neotropical genusXanthosoma, but we MUST keep in mind that the artist might not have been aBotanist, and may have been using a generalized photo or illustration of anaroid (who knows!) Since there are no blooms which would have assisted indetermining the precise I.D. of this plant, and there is no label on thestamp itself, Pete Boyce (perhaps in jest) suggested it might be"Xanthosoma indica'', a non-species if ever there was one! But thenagain, to ramble on a little on this topic, there IS a named var./cultivarnamed "Alocasia amazonica'', a genus that does NOT occur naturallyanywhere NEAR the Amazon Basin! I did the research on this name, todiscover that it was named by its creator (it is a hybrid) who owned anow-defunct nursery in the Miami area back in the 30`s-40`s and the Nursery`sname was "Amazon Nursery", hence the name of this Asian Plant. I came to the conclusion that the illustration on the stamp could verywell be a sp. of Alocasia, which is native to that area while Xanthosoma isNOT. Good Growing, Julius From: criswick@spiceisle.com To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 05:50:31 -0700 Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Xanthosoma indica? Theplant has Xanthosoma written all over it, and aren’t all Xanthosomas tropicalAmerican? The name X. indica therefore must be an impossibility. John. From:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] OnBehalf Of ju-bo@msn.com Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 3:35 AM To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Xanthosoma indica? Dear Marek, Pete is most probably correct, stamps are VERY unreliable w/ their art-work,I`d like to see the stamp, can you send a photo to me please?? Julius From: phymatarum@googlemail.com To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 06:33:09 +0800 Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Xanthosoma indica? Hi Marek, Bit styalized...my guess would be Xanthosoma rather thanAlocasia... Pete From:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] OnBehalf Of Marek Argent Sent: 03 April 2009 08:23 To: discussion of aroids Subject: [Aroid-l] Xanthosoma indica? Hello, Ihave a new stamp (see the attachment), the plant is named there Xanthosomaindica. Ithink it is Alocasia indica or maybe A. macrorrhizos Whatdo you think? Best, MarekArgent ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C9BA73.BDA48150----==============�08220195374058526=

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