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  Re: [Aroid-l] Dieffenbachia hoffmannii photo?
From: "Carol McCarthy" <Carol.McCarthy at mail.wvu.edu> on 2010.03.02 at 14:10:25(20684)
Hello Steve, John, Conrad and anyone else reading along,

I checked my database yesterday, I got the name from the same
source John quotes; A.B. Graph's Exotica; page 172 of Edition 9 to be
more exact. I will also note that the plant has been in one of two
university greenhouse here at WVU for at least 15 years. From what I
know of the collections, I do not believe that this material was
collected straight from habitat even back then. Whether it was bought,
traded for or a gift I do not have any records to enlighten me. The two
professors who might know are both long retired.
We have been doing an inventory update of the greenhouse
collections and working on correcting and updating questionable names
along the way. I guess for now, this one will stay questionable.
This Dieffenbachia grows very slowly and has a different, deeper
green than most. As the picture John attached shows a little, the
petioles show stripes and or dots of lighter colors on the deep green
ground color. Currently the plant is at another greenhouse across
campus, I will try to get a picture of this plant, whatever it is, in
the near future and post it. Since we have established that D.
hoffmannii is not a valid name does anyone have any suggestions as to a
correct identity?
Thanks to a great group for any help at all.

Carol.

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