From: Eduardo Gomes Goncalves <eggon at guarany.cpd.unb.br> on 1997.03.20 at 20:15:04(517)
Dear Marie-Eve,
Let me try to answer some of your questions. P. speciosum is really
huge and its leaves usually can grow up to 1m long in the wild. It is true
that some individuals (growing under greenhouse conditions) can have
leaves reaching 1.6m long but it is somewhat rare. Well, it is quite
different from 2-3m long, but you still need a small palace to grow it
indoors!
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P. cymbispathum is rather a self-header plant with a crowd of leaves
on the top of the stem, that is erect. The stem looks like a dwarf P.
bipinnatifidum and the leaves are sagittate to hastate. It is a synonim of
P. brasiliense (that is the currently accepted name) so you can take a
look on your Exotica. The whole plant can reach approx. 1.20m long.
P. eichleri is a synonim of P. undulatum and the leaves aren't
velvety neither metallic-looking. They are dull green.
Well, I don't know all species from the Seidel's list (for instance
I have never seen P. barryi, P. colombianum, P. rubrinervum, P.pittieri,
P. pseudoradiatum and P. tuxla) but the only one I remeber that always
have coloured leaves is P. hastatum, with vinaceous cataphyls and
petioles. I also think P. ornatum is very attractive with its ornamentated
petioles.
Hope it helps,
Eduardo.
On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, Marie-Eve Charbonneau wrote:
> I am making plans to order the philodendron seeds at Alvim Seidel,and after
> visiting the Montreal botanical garden and browsing throught Exotica, I
> still have some questions and need some help from you, fellow aroiders from
> the south !:
>
> - Is P. speciosum that huge (leaf 2-3 meters ?)(in case I would decide to
> move to live in a shopping mall or a palace......)
>
> - What looks like P. cymbispathum, (the aquatic one), as I have a tub garden
> in my living room (head-type or vine ? form of the leaves ? height ?)
>
> - does P. eichleri has velvety or metallic-looking leaves ?
>
> - is there any philodendron in that list having special leaves in terms of
> colours, texture(blotches,spots,veining, velvety or metallic "finishes")
>
> Thank you in advance (merci beaucoup)(muita obrigada)(muchas gracias)
>
> Marie-Eve
>
>
> references: the list of philos
>
> adamantinum "Angra dos Rios"
> barryi bipinattifidum
> colombianum cordatum(oxycardium)
> crassihyrzum crassinervium
> eichleri erubescens
> evansii eximium
> cymbispathum giganteum
> grandifolium hastatum
> imbe lundii
> mello- barretoanum myrmecophyllum
> ornatum pittieri
> pseudoradiatum rubrinervum
> sagittatum saxicolum
> selloum selloum var. Sao Paulo
> selloum var. Uruguay sellowianum
> speciosum subhastatum
> tuxla undulatum
> wendlandii
> Marie-Eve
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