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Re: gigantic leaf species around the wor

From: Bob Riffle <71270.3070 at compuserve.com> on 1998.08.14 at 03:20:42(2532)
Julius, no. The shot of D. Attenborough with "giant arum" is
definitely NOT that of an Amorphophallus. He *does* go to Sumatra
in the docu and waits for a day or two while Amorphophallus titanum
opens and he may have, indeed, referred to it as a "giant arum,"
but he also gives its correct binomial. The sequence I was referring
to shows something more akin to an Alocasia or Xanthosoma.
rlr

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