Re: Fenestrated aroids

From: Endangered Species Nursery <nursery at endangeredspecies.com> on 1997.01.13 at 22:05:00(119) Is not Cryptocoryne an aroid? There's one which practically defines fenestration. It used to be called 'fenestralis' when I was a child. Hermine +More At 09:36 AM 1/13/97 -0600, Dr. Guanghua Zhu wrote: >Yes, Dick, we definitely should include Dracontium. As a matter of >fact, D. plowmanii, is sometimes very heavily fenestrated. >Fenestrations are not uncommon in a few other species. > >Guanghua > > >> Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 14:23:51 -0600 >> Reply-to: aroid-l@mobot.org >> From: "Richard Mansell (BIO)" >> To: zhu >> Subject: Re: Fenestrated aroids > >> Might we also add Dracontium to the list of fenestrated aroids? >> >> Dick >> >> On Fri, 10 >> Jan 1997, Eduardo Gomes Goncalves wrote: >> >> > On Fri, 10 Jan 1997, Wallace Wells wrote: >> > >> > > I have owned Monstera deliciosa and recently got M. pitterii. I am >> > > interested in other fenestrated or 'holed-leaved' aroids and would >> > > like comment from others who are cultivating the same. I know there >> > > are Philodendrons with this characteristic. >> > >> > The only genera of Araceae that I'm aware about the presence of >> > fenestrations are: Monstera (as you already know), Dracontioides (a water >> > dweller from Brazil), Raphidophora, Epipremnum and maybe some Anchomanes. >> > I have never seen a fenestrated Philodendron and I think they don't exist >> > at all. Some pictorial books of horticulture (e.g. Exotica) usually show a >> > young Monstera deliciosa identificated as "Philodendron pertusum" and I >> > think it can confuse a lot of people. >> > >> > Best wishes, >> > >> > Eduardo >> > >> > >> >> -- >> Richard L. Mansell Phone: H(813) 961-7072 >> Biology Department, LIF 136 W(813) 974-1588 >> University of South Florida Fax: (813) 974-1614 >> Tampa, FL 33620 >> >> Home: 13508 Little Lake Place, Tampa, FL 33613-4134 >> >> E-mail- mansell@chuma.cas.usf.edu >> WWW - http://www.cas.usf.edu/~mansell/mansell.html >> >> >> >> >> >Guanghua Zhu >Missouri Botanical Garden >P. O. Box 299 >St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, USA >Phone: (314)577-9454 >Fax: (314)577-9438 > > >

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