Blooming of hybrid Urospatha

From: "Julius Boos" <ju-bo at msn.com> on 1997.05.04 at 16:45:49(708) Today I was able to examine the first infloresence recorded of a hybrid Urospatha on one of my plants grown from seed produced by hand pollenating an infloresence of U. sagittifolia [originally collected on the Orinoco Delta in Venezuela] with pollen from an infloresence of a plant of U. grandis [originally collected at Tortuguero Canal in Costa Rica, Cen. America]. Both of these plants are pictured in my article " Experiencing Urospathas" published in Aroideana Vol. 16 of 1993. The infloresence apears to be a good "mix" of it`s parents, with the thinner texture and color of U. grandis, and the "tighter" spiral of U. sagittifolia, and it`s odor is like U. sagittifolia. The leaves of this hybrid demonstrate the shape of U. sagittifolia, but with the more bullate surface texture of U. grandis. +More I will attempt to photograph the plant and infloresence, as it may assist in the pending review of the genus. Julius >ju-bo@msn.com<

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