Re: Searching for list of Paraguayan anthurium sect. (fwd)

From: Krzysztof Kozminski <kk at netgate.net> on 1998.08.24 at 19:02:12(2557) On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Steve Marak wrote: > > Dear Thomas, > > There are only two species of Anthurium listed for Paraguay: A. > plowmanii Croat and A. paraguayense Engler. Unfortunately, both are from > the section Pachyneurium. Take a look at inflorescences with their > peduncles. If they are longer than the petioles, your plant probably is > a A. paraguayense. If they are much shorter than the petioles, so you > must to be a proud owner of a A. plowmanii. I have a huge A. plowmanii > in front of window and have seen lots of wild A. plowmanii in > Southwestern Brazil, but I really dont remember their smell. > > I hope it helps > > Eduardo. +More Assuming that the smell of A.plowmanni does not depend on the plant's maturity :-), I think A.plowmanni can be taken out of consideration, since it does not have any appreciable smell. At lease the one photographed in http://u1.netgate.net/~kk/Araceae/Anthurium/plowmanii.html did not have any. ==================== Krzysztof Kozminski kk@netgate.net http://u1.netgate.net/~kk/

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