Re: [Aroid-l] New aroid in western Australia?

From: arden dearden <arden at equatorialexotics.com> on 2011.01.21 at 04:18:57(21781) Steve, Thank you for bringing this to our attention. It appears to be an aroid that I saw in Kununurra in 1987 when I worked there.it appeared to be a Typhonium.There were some new species described at the time by Alistair Hay.It may already be described.It grew in thje loamy soil and only appeared when the wet arrived.It grew with a native Tacca which the aboriginal people used as a bush potato.They had no recorded use of the Typhonium. Arden +More On 21/01/2011 10:07 AM, Steve Marak wrote: > I've seen several web hits today on this topic, all of which seem to wind > up at the same text. The articles all call the plant an "arum lily", don't > give a genus or other botanical information, say that it was found in the > Kimberly region by Matthew Barrett (Perth's Kings Park& Botanic Garden) > along with other various new species in that remote area, and that the > infloresence smells of burnt electrical wire. > > Here's a representative link: > > http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/new-lily-found-in-kimberley-smells-like-burnt-electrics/story-e6frg14u-1225991862095 > > The picture is *an* aroid, but no idea if it's that aroid; one of the > other articles showed a picture of Zantedeschia aethiopica with the same > text. > > Anyone happen to know more about this? I dug through the KP&BG web site a > bit but didn't find anything. > > Steve > > -- Steve Marak > -- samarak@gizmoworks.com > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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