Anchomanes ID, root quest.

From: Neil Carroll <zzamia at hargray.com> on 1999.04.05 at 20:08:20(3234) Hey aroiders, Two questions as follows: A couple years ago I bought a couple of Anchomanes... 2 A. hookeri and 2 A. welwitschii. My problem is this, only one label was sent for each species and the labels were jumbled in the box when they came. I stuck the two labels into two of the four pots. OK so far? Well now they are coming out of dormancy and I have put the two different labels into two pots of the same species. So this is a which is which question. One Anchomanes has now leafed out and the other species leaf blade is still curled tight. But here is the difference. The species that is already leafed out has a glaucus bloom on the petiole. The other species petiole has no bloom on it. I hope this is enough for an ID between these two species. If not I will wait till the leaf completely unfurls and go from there. +More Second question... I am having an argument on another list. Can anyone help me? I have never heard of any plant anywhere that has roots that could be considered phototropic. Is this a correct assumption?? Thanks for the help, Neil

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