Re: [aroid-l] Spathiphyllum 'Alfa'

From: "ron iles" roniles at eircom.net> on 2003.11.14 at 23:45:49(10804) Hi Pieter! Wouldn't it be good to know the parentages (pedigrees!!!!) of all these wonderful modern Spathiphyllum hybrids? I hope to respond in serious fun this week. You are in EUROPE. So have you living accommodation for >fifty of the 45 or so Spathiphyllum "species"? Cheers Ron +More ----- Original Message ----- To: Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 8:02 PM Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Spathiphyllum 'Alfa' > Peter: I suggest that you contact Ron Iles at roniles@eircom.net or Jake > Henny at RJHENNY@mail.ifas.ufl.edu They are the only ones likely to know > this taxon. > > Tom > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pieter Colpaert [mailto:pieter_cactus@yahoo.co.uk] > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 2:25 AM > To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu > Subject: [aroid-l] Spathiphyllum 'Alfa' > > > Hello, > I'm new on this group. I am Pieter Colpaert from Belgium and I'm a > master student in bio-engineering. > For my thesis, I am working on the genetics for flower induction of > Spathiphyllum cv. 'Alfa'. And I am still looking for some additional > information on this plant to use in the introduction. > I do know that this is a hybrid between Spathiphyllum cv. 'Daniel' and > Spathiphyllum cv. 'Pallas'. But does someone here know what botanical > species these cultivars are made of? I think S. floribundum and S. > wallisii are among the ancestors. Am I correct? Or are there still > others involved? > Thanks, > Pieter > > ===== > Pieter Colpaert > Avelgem, Belgium > pieter_cactus@yahoo.co.uk > http://studwww.UGent.be/~pcolpaer/ > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! > Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk >

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