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  [Aroid-l] OT: id this non-aroid plant?
From: samarak at gizmoworks.com (Steve Marak) on 2008.02.23 at 04:57:56(17091)
Thanks, all. You guys are as good as I told everyone you were.

It's barely 7 hours since I posted the image; Michael Riley's reply, the
first one, showed up almost before I got my hand off the keyboard. Most
people, including a couple of private replies, went for Gesneriaceae. That
was my first thought as well, and I had spent hours looking at pictures of
gesneriads in general, especially those found in Costa Rica, but didn't
come across one of this species. (I then spent more hours looking at
pictures of other Costa Rican plants, mostly just for fun.) Adam Black
also suggested Drymonia turrialvae, and Jonathan's note puts the finish on
it.

I've now found a couple of other pictures and I agree with Jonathan - this
looks like a wonderful plant. I love gesneriads and this looks like one I
want to grow, along with several others in the genus I ran across during
my earlier searches.

Steve

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