Re: [aroid-l] Silver leaf Philo (hastatum?) blooming - pics

From: "Cassia M. Sakuragui" cmsakura at uem.br> on 2002.11.29 at 15:10:35(9666) Dear Eugene, Sorry I was out of the discussion about P. hastatum but as I have done some studies on this species I felt confortable to send a description from a paper on P. hastatum (nomenclature) by Simon Mayo and myself ( in print at the moment). By the way, I wouldn't say that P. hastatum could present the variation you mentioned. +More All the best, Cassia Sakuragui. Description based on examined material (herbaria): Hemiepiphyte. Stem: internodes 1.5-8 cm long. Leaf: prophyll 18-25.5 cm long, pale green, glossy; petiole 13.5-46 cm long; blade 20-45 x 7-15 cm, narrowly ovate to triangular ovate, chartaceous, dark green on the adaxial surface, pale green on the abaxial surface, semiglossy to glossy, rounded to subacute at apex, sagittate at base, anterior lobe 25.5-32 x 7-15 cm, posterior lobes 5-11 x 6-10 cm, sinus arcuate, basal veins 3 per side, with 1 free to the base, 2 coalesced for 6-8 mm; posterior rib naked for 3-4 cm; primary lateral veins 6-7 per side, minor veins inconspicuous. Inflorescence: one per axil, peduncle 5.5-4.5 cm long; spathe 8.5-12.5 cm long, ovate, white externally, greenish cream internally; spadix 7.5-12 cm long, staminate zone 3-6 cm long, cream, sterile zone 0.5-1 cm long, white, pistillate zone 3.5-4.5 cm long, greenish. Flower: stamen 1-1.2 x 0.8-1 mm; staminode 2-4 x 1-2 mm; gynoecium 1-1.5 x 0.8-1 mm, ovate, ovary 5-6 locular, 2-5 ovules per locule, placentation subbasal. Berry (young): 1.5-2.5 x 1-1.5 mm, pear shaped; seed 0.8-1 mm long, ellipsoid.

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