Re: black anthurium ?

From: Betsy Feuerstein ecuador at midsouth.rr.com> on 2001.10.09 at 02:44:32(7564) Yes, we did have great discussion about this plant last spring. I will put my two cents in here since I was out of the country when it was apropos. This plant is Colombian, #1. There is a great variance in its black quality. Some are very black and some have a maroon color cast. I suspect the one in the picture is an old flower and one that has more of a red cast to it. All are very pretty but one has to accept that there is some variance in the 'black' quality of the flowers. I know it is grown in Florida by one grower under a mist system but in general, being honest, it is a difficult one to grow. I have grown it here in mid America and flowered it. I fully agree that it is most likely a fairly high altitude plant. I brought a few back with me so if anyone is interested, they can get in touch with me off line. All that I brought back were in flower so I could determine the quality of the flower color. I went through hundreds of plants to pick the best that were in bloom. Betsy +More magrysbo@shu.edu wrote: > There was an extended discussion on aroid-l on this topic early this year. > This was from a message I sent last May. > << > Dragon-Agro Products in their display at the Greater New York Orchid > Society Show last month. >>>See attached jpgs please. << > out the Dragon Agro page if they have other clones for sale. The sunlight > coming through the glass ceiling of the Wintergarden at the World Financial > Center probably helped to contribute to the reddish sheen. At first > impression in actual encounter, it does appear black, and in a shady > greenhouse or in the jungle probably darker too.>>> > Unfortunately this April we probably won't have a show there. > Bonaventure Magrys > Cliffwood Beach, NJ USA(See attached file: Black Anthurium 1.jpg)(See > attached file: Black Anthurium 2.jpg) > > "Lyn Edwards" @mobot.org on 09/24/2001 10:51:02 > PM > > Please respond to aroid-l@mobot.org > > Sent by: aroid-l@mobot.org > > To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L > cc: > > Subject: black anthurium ? > > I have just acquired a plant sold to me as a black anthurium from an > orchid > grower who didn,t know anything about this plant.Does such a plant exist ? > I > have taken a couple of digital photos which I could send if anyone could > take a look for me. The leaves are about 2 feet tall and held very stiffly. > The flower is nestled at the base and is very definately black , > Lyn Edwards > Canberra > Australia > email lynelda@austarmetro.com.au > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Name: Black Anthurium 1.jpg > Black Anthurium 1.jpg Type: JPEG Image (image/jpeg) > Encoding: base64 > > Name: Black Anthurium 2.jpg > Black Anthurium 2.jpg Type: JPEG Image (image/jpeg) > Encoding: base64

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