Re: Philo mello-barretoanum

From: Todd Ruth <truth at weber.ucsd.edu> on 1998.07.17 at 17:44:04(2488) As many of you know, last year I played middle man in a seed order originated by Neil Crafter. He had found out about a nursery in Brazil which sells Philodendron seeds in large quantities (usually 1000, but they agreed to sell us 100 at 30% of the 1000 price) and collected names of interested parties. He passed the info on to me and I handled the order and distribution. Their catalog lists P. mello-baretoanum, but we were unable to purchase any. I don't know if that was due to temporary or permanent unavailability. There were many "species" like that (barryi, crassihyrzum, evansii, eximium, cymbispathum, hastatum, imbe, mello-barretoanum, myrmecophyllum, ornatum, pittieri, pseudoradiatum, rubrinervum, sagittatum, saxicolum, sellowianum, speciosum, subhastatum, undulatum). They also carry Anthurium seeds, of which we bought none. I'm not up for the middle-man challenge again anytime soon, but if anyone else wants to put an order together, I'll dig up the catalog and send you the info. (I'd certainly be interested in participating. :) ) BTW, I never reported the feedback I got on germination rates. I don't have any numbers, but it was very "hit or miss". A couple of varieties had very high germination rates and the rest were very low. I found that eventually I got at least a couple germinations from most of the species ordered. - Todd +More PS Please send any responses that you want me to see sooner than a couple of months from now to truth@qualcomm.com. I don't check the truth@weber.ucsd.edu account nearly as often as I should. > Hi Bob, > I am very interested in P. mello-baretoanum. Is there seeds available > somewhere? > Greetings > Peter > > ---------- > > From: Bob Riffle <71270.3070@compuserve.com> > > To: pmdes@iafrica.com > > Subject: Philo mello-barretoanum > > Date: Friday, June 12, 1998 3:04 PM > > > > Neil, I'd much appreciate knowing P. mello-barretoanum's taxonomic > > status now. Seems to me it couldn't be (whether it's to be in- > > cluded in P. bipinnatifidum or no) nearly as hardy to cold as is > > the latter species, because its native habitat is, as I understand > > it, so much farther north of pinnatifidum. > > > > Thanks ....

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