Re: mystery Anthurium

From: "Eduardo Goncalves" edggon at hotmail.com> on 2002.06.03 at 03:33:55(8942) Hi Geoffrey, What about Anthurium willdenowii? Those kind of leaves, together with those lilac-mauve fruits are both notewhorty features of A. willdenowii. As far as I remember, this species occurs in Trinidad and Tobago Islands, as well as in other Islands in West Indies. I hope it helps, Eduardo. +More >From: GeoffAroid@aol.com >Reply-To: aroid-l@mobot.org >To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L >Subject: mystery Anthurium >Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 21:00:05 -0500 (CDT) > >Dear aroiders (and especially Tom Croat if he is listening in...), >I have posted a web page (http://members.aol.com/Geoffaroid/Anthurium.html) >of a mystery Anthurium growing at the Living Rainforest in Berkshire, >England >(well worth a visit if you are in England, a wonderful exhibit of tropical >plants, esp. aroids) and which they were kind enough to give me a cutting >of. >It is labelled A. trinidadensis but that name does not seem to exist and I >suspect it merely reflects the place of origin - either the island of >Trinidad or one of the other Trinidads that exist in tropical America. > >I (and they) would love to get this identified correctly so if anyone >recognises it please do let me know. > >Best wishes, >Geoffrey Kibby >London _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

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