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  Re: [Aroid-l] Zamioculcas - like Gonatopus ?
From: Zach DuFran <zdufran at gmail.com> on 2018.08.07 at 20:37:37(23910)
There are two forms of Zamioculcas zamiifolia that are available. The most common is the horticultural variety with glossy green and very smooth leaves with broad, swollen stems. The other, which I have heard called the "wild form," is much more like your photos, Jude, with the exception of the variegation. The main growth (what looks like a stem but is actually the petiole, I believe) is thinner. Also, my experience is that the "wild form" tends to be more deciduous, whereas the horticultural form tends to be more evergreen.

Gonatopus boivinii differs in structure, with leaflets splayed out more horizontally, similar to Amorphophallus, rather than all along the vertical growth of the petiole.

My two cents,

Zach DuFran

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