Re: [aroid-l] From Peru

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at msn.com> on 2002.08.22 at 16:19:05(9263) Hola Jorge, I`m sure that Dr. Croat will be in contact once he returns and is settled after his long collecting/study trip to Amazonian Ecuador! Talara is in a very dry region, the only place where one may expect to find residual populations of any aroids would be in the quebradas to the North of Talara. They occur mainly along the coast, there is a large one just N. of Los Organos which I used to be able to drive up, I believe it led to a border post with Ecuador when I lived in Talara, I don`t know if the road is still open. There where some water sources and seeps in this area, and a population of white-tailed deer and even pumas, a friend of mine bought a kitten from a resident in this quebrada. There are aroids along the rivers near Tumbes also. If you know of anyone who may be visiting and collecting in the Tunmbes area in the future please let me know, there is a Xanthosoma species (wild/silvestre) that we really would like re-collected when in in bloom, or collected and grown till it blooms, the dry specimen is a leaf and an infructesence only. I can obtain collecting data for you in the near future. Keep writing! Julius +More >>Hi Julius : Thanks very much for your welcome, I'm contacting Dr. Thomas Croat, approximately a year ago, I think he's the one who can help me, I'll wait for his return from Ecuador. I don't have any information about aroids in that region, I'll try to look for some information, as you know this place, can you give me an idea of how it looks like? here in Per? is not too easy to travel because it's expensive and I have not too much time because I'll be working until December. Best regards Jorge. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Fotos: la forma m?s f?cil de compartir e imprimir fotos. http://photos.msn.es/support/worldwide.aspx

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