Peter C. Boyce
'Bellagyna'
Willow Wren Wharf
Hayes Road, Southall
Middlesex UB2 5HB
U.K.
Tel.: +44 (0) 181 573 1213 (home)
+44 (0) 181 332 5207 (work)
Fax: +44 (0) 181 332 5278
email: boyce@pothos.demon.co.uk (home)
p.boyce@rbgkew.org.uk
-----Original Message-----
To: boyce@pothos.demon.co.uk
Date: 20 February 1999 01:19
Subject: Re: Name for Giraffe Knee
>Alistair, Jonathan, Peter, Dewey, Julius and others on the list--Thank you
>for letting me know the name of this Plant! I appreciate it.
>
>I believe you are all right! Now I am interested in getting more of these
>aroids.
>It looks similar to 'Konjac' with this plants leaves being more rounded and
>fuller, leaves also patterned not ribbed, petiole is all green and a joint
>like a flamingo or crane has on its leg mid-way. It has reached 48 inches
>in height and the tallest branch is leaving the stem at 36inches and that
is
>the top of the stem, it has 4 main branches with leaves that on every
branch
>have differing shapes and the way they are grown in differs also. Another
>words not at all semetric.
>
>The history of this plant is that I have done volunteer work at the
>Botanical gardens here and I got this pot from the pile of things they were
>throwing out. No live green anything showing or from what I could tell
>would be coming up. The side of pot says cabbage flower on it and the
>Bonsai store tag too. I took it home and watered it, and in a few weeks a
>very large and interesting shoot emerged, I NEVER say anything like it
>before!! My husband and I were so excited and I poured through my books
to
>see what it could be. Not until I found the Aroid Society pages did I even
>have an idea what this was. (Note here: if I took it back to the gardens
>after rescuing it from the trash they would most likely reclaim it with out
>telling me even what it was and I would have no fun with it. They didn't
>let us have any extras etc. except from the trash bin. Sigh...) That was
>last April or May and it is still going strong. It didn't bloom and I
don't
>even know if it is supposed to.
>
>I love working with the plants but am now really getting excited to buy
some
>from you all who have them available. This last year we have had an
>exciting time going on at our church as we have just moved into a new one
>and I will be placing many of these interesting ones on display there so
>people can learn about them and appreciate them. Some of you may have
>heard about our minister Max Lucado. I really like the children to be
>involved in learning about plants and their environments, so besides at
>church I also volunteer teaching horticulture at the local grade school.
>
>
>Lucy Sampson
>wiz@texas.net
>
>
>
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