Re: [Aroid-l] P. adamantinum, P. saxicolum.

From: "Susan Bryant" coops at execpc.com> on 2005.03.03 at 13:13:18(12757) Dear ERic, Good for you to save it! And thanks for the photos, they are very good. Your Z. aethiopica 'Green Goddess' looks a little odd, but that is the fun of the Zs. susan +More > > One that we are growing is Philodendron corcovadense. > I believe it is native to southern Brazil. I had seen > this growing in a yard of a house near Leu Gardens for > 20 years. It is a self-header that grows 2-3ft tall > and survived the 20F freeze in 12/89. Some stems froze > back, some were only defoliated. It is like a small > version of P. bipinnatifidum but with entire leaves. > It even has that odor that P. bipinnatifidum has when > a leaf is cut or broke off. I drove by that house one > day and it was being renovated. The Philos were in a > pile in the driveway. I stopped and asked if I could > have them and they said yes. I "rescued" them and > planted them out at Leu Gardens. I have never seen > them for sale, hopefully they can get into tissue > culture. Here is a link to a photo; > > http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/leuaroid/detail?.dir£ee&.dnm£f1.jpg&.s rc=ph > > > Eric Schmidt > Botanic Records > Harry P. Leu Gardens > 1920 N. Forest Ave. > Orlando, FL. 32803 USA > USDA Zone 9b > eric.schmidt@cityoforlando.net > ph. # (407)-246-3749 > fax # (407)-246-2849 > www.leugardens.org > > > > > > --- Julius Boos wrote: > > > Dear Friends, > > > > Well, after a miserable failure to obtain these and > > other 'smaller' > > self-heading species of Philodendron by ordering > > seed from the S. American > > source ( as far as I can determine, most if not all > > of the seeds sold as > > being these species have grown to be P. 'selloum'), > > I am putting out a call > > to all you members, lurkers, Botanical garden > > growers, etc. in an attampt to > > locate specimens of these and any other > > 'minature'/smaller species or vars. > > of the arborescent / "self heading" Philodendrons. > > I have seen P. > > saxicolum 'in the flesh', also the TRUE minature P. > > selloum, and so am very > > interested in seeing a P. adamantinum, if there is > > any garden or individual > > out there with specimens of this or the other > > species mentioned, or one that > > I do not already know about, please contact me on my > > e-mail at --- > > > > >ju-bo@msn.com< > > > > Thanks, and good growing! > > > > Julius Boos, > > WPB, > > Florida. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Aroid-l mailing list > > Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! > Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web > http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-l mailing list > Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > Susan _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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