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1983 6(1) 3 Jerry Bengis The year ahead: Jerry Bengis
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1983 6(1) 3 David Prudhomme President's profile
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1983 6(1) 4 Dewey E. Fisk From the editor's Desk
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1983 6(1) 5-8 Bette Waterbury Tracking down the elusive Philodendron "Santa Leopoldina" (Buy)
ABSTRACT: Probably the most controversial, sought after aroid by collectors - and the most elusive - is Philodendron "Santa Leopoldina." Determined to obtain it, my favorite collecting buddy Dorothy Henkle and Jean Pasko from California and I set out for Brazil in May.

1983 6(1) 9-11 Father Eugene Middendorf The remarkable shooting idioblasts
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ABSTRACT: The ejection of sharp, needlelike crystals from specialized spindleshaped cells of the plant Dieffenbachia is a phenomenon that deserves more attention from biology teachers and, perhaps researchers. Students are fascinated when they see these distinctive cells (idioblasts) shoot out needle after needle like some kind of automatic microscopic blowgun. But the performance and structure of these achlorophyllous cells should be used for more than just laboratory entertainment.

1983 6(1) 12-18 Bette Waterbury The third annual aroid show and sale (Buy)
ABSTRACT: September 25th and 26th are dates our local International Aroid Society members will not soon forget - our 3rd annual Show and Sale at Fairchild Tropical Garden. At 9:30 a.m. on Thursday the 23rd the ball started rolling with plants being entered for judging.

1983 6(1) 19-23 Mark D. Moffler A commentary on the anatomy of a neotropical species of Homalomena (Buy)
ABSTRACT: The striking and varied foliage pattern in aroids is one of the reasons we collect these fascinating plants_ While ' we all appreciate the elegance of aroids, few people have the opportunity to see the structural beauty at the microscopic level. I will briefly discuss several anatomical features of a neotropical species of Homalomena c.f_ peltata.

1983 6(1) 24-26 Stu Cramer Aroid profile number 8 Remusatia vivipara
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ABSTRACT: Differentiating Gonatanthus and Remusatia with inflorescences is a snap. In Gonatanthus the ovules are basal and the spathe is erect, whitish and 5-6 inches long. In Remusatia the ovules are parietal and the spathe is deflexed, yellow and only 3 inches long, Also Remusatia flowers before or with the new leaves and Gonatanthus flowers after the leaves are well developed.

1983 6(1) 28 Anonymous Photograph: Rhaphidophora aurea
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1983 6(1) 27 John Banta What's in a name?
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ABSTRACT: Plant breeders often assign a name to a particular plant due to the requirements of record keeping. For instance, a hybrid between A. forgetii and A. magnificum might become "magetii" in the breeder's stud book. A name derived by a contraction of the parent's names often helps to remind growers of its origin. I wonder how Bob McColley referred to his hybrids? What is that hybrid going to be named and who shall decide? Where are the people who care about "what's in a name?"

1983 6(1) 29 Anonymous Newsmakers
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1983 6(1) 30 Anonymous Photograph: Arisema [sic] trifolum
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1983 6(1) 31 Joe Wright Queries?
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ABSTRACT: lAS members in a private seed exchange, offer advice for all members. USE PADDED ENVELOPES! The U.S. Postal Servir:e, and no doubt other countries as well, machine process letters 1/4" thick or less, often damaging seeds believed to be safely packaged by the sender.

1983 6(1) 31 Anonymous Errata
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1983 6(2) 35 Anonymous First general membership meeting
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ABSTRACT: On Saturday evening, September 24, 1983, the International Aroid Society will hold its first general membership meeting at Fairchild Tropical Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road, Miami, Florida. The purpose of this meeting, which is being held in conjunction with the fourth annual I.A.S. show, is to enable members to meet the Board of Directors, and learn more about their society and aroids.

1983 6(2) 36-38 C. Sathish Kumar, Dan H. Nicholson Arisaema nilamburense
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ABSTRACT: In South India, Arisaema is represented by ten species, including six varieties. One species, hitherto known as Arisaema auriculatum Barnes, is quite rare. It is distinguished by having ony a single compound leaf with sessile, radiate leaflets and a slightly bent, irregularly corrugated tip of the sterile appendix.

1983 6(2) 38 Anonymous Hints . . .
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1983 6(2) 39-41 Thomas B. Croat A new species of ornamental Philodendron (Araceae)
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ABSTRACT: Philodendron davidsonii Croat, sp. nov. is described.

1983 6(2) 42-48 G. Hennen The basics of plant tissue culture (Buy)
ABSTRACT: Interest in plant tissue culture has increased in the past ten years in both the scientific and practical horticultural disciplines. Plant propagation by tissue culture has been enthusiastically accepted by nurserymen and avid hobbyists as evidenced by at least five large commercial laboratories in Florida alone, and as many as 200 worldwide. This article will attempt to explain some of the science, culture techniques, misconceptions and mysteries of plant tissue culture.

1983 6(2) 49-52 Luis Bueno The metropolitan Miami flower show aroid exhibit (Buy)
ABSTRACT: The following is a personal account of "what it takes" to construct an award-winning flower show display, one conceived to titillate or amuse an audience for less than five minutes, and perhaps interest potential new members as well.

1983 6(2) 53 David J. Leedy The Los Angeles spring plant and flower show
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ABSTRACT: On April 23 and 24, the Southern California Horticultural Institute (SCHI) presented their 1983 Spring Plant and Flower Show. The SCHI is a non-profit organization dedicated to the beautification of the Los Angeles area through the encouragement of greater interest in horticulture and broader knowledge of horticultural methods and materials. Exhibitors from the various Southern California botanical societies were present as well as displays by commercial growers and the Huntington Botanical Gardens. This was the first time the lAS was represented at one of these shows in the Los Angeles area since the 1979 LAIF's Fern and Exotic Plant Show.

1983 6(2) 54-56 Linda Theus A tour of Selby Botanical Gardens
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ABSTRACT: On Saturday, April 9, the Miami chapter of the I.A.S. toured the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida.

1983 6(2) 57 Joe Wright Queries
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1983 6(2) 57 Anonymous Newsmakers
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1983 6(2) 58 David J. Leedy Round Robins
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ABSTRACT: Our format is to write and make multiple copies of a letter and send it simultaneously to all other participants. We all try to clip something from a newspaper, catalog , or magazine, that others might be in- . terested in. We exchange photo. graphs and sometimes exchange plants. Every two months I write my letter and, in the time interval, receive six other letters. Often we supplement the round robin letter with additional letters and telephone calls.

1983 6(2) 59 David Prudhomme Photograph: Philodendron sodiroi
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1983 6(2) 60 David Prudhomme, M. Johnson Photograph: Schismatoglottis calyptrata
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1983 6(2) 61 Anonymous Letter. . .
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1983 6(2) 61 John Banta Letter to the editor
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1983 6(2) 62-62 Anonymous New Members for 1983
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1983 6(2) 63 Anonymous Helpful hints . . .
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1983 6(3) 68-70 Thomas B. Croat Heinrich Gustav Adolph Engler
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ABSTRACT: It's difficult to contemplate aroids without thinking of the amazing productivity of Adolph Engler. Aside from H. C. Schott (Aroideana, Vol. 1 [3]), no other worker is so clearly association with the aroid family. His active writing on Araceae spanned 42 years beginning in 1878 with the publication of the Araceae of Brazil in Martius' Flora Brasiliensis and ending 1920 with the completion of a monographic treatment of the entire aroid family. The latter work published in Das Pflanzenreich was the last comprehensive treatment of the family. All together it describes about 1,800 species in 108 genera. The work, though now out of date, still stands as a monument to his untiring efforts.

1983 6(3) 71 James B. Watson A new name for Xanthosoma lindenii
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ABSTRACT: One of the most beautiful aroids grown for its foliage is Xanthosoma lindenii. Recently, this species was transferred to the genus Caladium by Dr. Michael Madison in his article "Notes on Caladium (Araceae) and its Allies" (Selbyana, 1981, 5:342-377).

1983 6(3) 70 M. Johnson, David Prudhomme Photograph: Caladium lindenii
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1983 6(3) 71-72 R. J. Henny Stimulation of flowering in Aglaonema with gibberellic acid (GA3)
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ABSTRACT: Recent discoveries of new types of Aglaonema with unusual foliar variegation patterns and petiole colorations have increased the breeding potential for this genus. Potential for development of exciting new hybrids has never been greater. For such promise to be realized, however, it is necessary to be able to induce simultaneous flowering of different Aglaonema species and cultivars.

1983 6(3) 73 M. Johnson, David Prudhomme Photograph: Alocasia zebrina inflorescence
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1983 6(3) 74-82 Lawrence E. Garner Hybridizing alocasias for the landscape (Buy)
ABSTRACT: For many plant fanciers, the image of tropical lushness with its abundant humidity and dense exotic vegetation, is conveyed vividly by the aroids known as Alocasias. However, the widespread enjoyment of them by gardeners and plant enthusiasts has been significantly hindered by the tenderness and apparent fussiness of the more desirable species. As plant breeders, therefore, we saw a need for the development of hardier, more interesting alocasias with ability to withstand ordinary abuse as well as outdoor growing conditions, at least in southern Florida and California. The recognition of this need, along with a desire to learn more about the alocasias as a genus, were the main objectives of the work described herein.

1983 6(3) 83-84 Sara Oldfield Trade in endangered species
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ABSTRACT: Two species of another aroid genus are already included in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). This is an international agreement drawn up to prevent over-exploitation of species. Appendix I listing means that under the national legislation of over 80 countries which have ratified the convention, the import or export of wildtaken plants for commercial purposes is banned. Alocasia sanderiana and Alocasia zebrina are included in Appendix I because overcollecting in the past has led to these two endemics of the Philippines becoming endangered in the wild.

1983 6(3) 85-123 Thomas B. Croat, Richard D. Sheffer The sectional groupings of Anthurium (Araceae) (Buy)
ABSTRACT: In order to conduct a successful hybridization with Anlhurium it is necessary to have some understanding of the inter-relationships among different species of Anlhurium. This paper will introduce the sectional classification of the genus to you and will detail some examples of inter-sectional crosses that have proven successful. Others, where no success has yet been achieved, will also be reported.

1983 6(3) 123 Anonymous We regret to announce the loss of member Bill Virden
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1983 6(4) 128 Dewey E. Fisk From the editor's desk
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1983 6(4) 128 A. Fernandez, David Prudhomme Photograph: Aglaonema costatum Brown
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1983 6(4) 129-132 F. D. Ghani Ornamental and edible aroids of peninsular Malaysia (Buy)
ABSTRACT: Most aroids are widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics with a few species in temperate regions. The majority occur in the countries of South East Asia, South and Central America, Africa and the West Indies. The family has a total of 110 genera and ca. 2500 species (Croat, 1979), 92% of which are in South East Asia and Central and South America. In Malaysia alone there are 23 native genera and about 120 species (Henderson, 1954).

1983 6(4) 132-134 Thomas B. Croat The origin of Anthurium leuconeurum
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ABSTRACT: The name Anthurium leuconeurum has been in use by horticulturists since 1862 when a plant, believed to have been collected in southern Mexico by Auguste Boniface Ghiesbrecht, was described by the French botanist Charles Lemaire. The plant apparently flourished in European botanical garden hothouse collections for a period of about seven decades. A number of herbarium collections were prepared and placed in herbaria at Kew Gardens, Geneva, Paris and elsewhere; most of these collections were made before 1895. The last such herbarium collection I've seen was prepared in 1935 at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, by L. W. Carrisso and deposited at the Kew Herbarium.

1983 6(4) 135-136 R. J. Henny, W. C. Fooshee Flowering of Aglaonema with gibberellic acid (GA3) A follow up report
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ABSTRACT: As a routine part of our foliage breeding program, we treated several plants with 250 ppm GA3 (our normal rate) on November 10, 1982. The results were phenomenal! Treated plants had open flowers in mid-April and continued to produce new blossoms into July_ Some plants, growing in 8-inch pots with 3-4 stems produced upwards of 50 inflorescences during this t ime (Figures 1 [, 2). As in previous studies, flowers were normal in appearance and fertile. In addition, unrelated species and cultivars again flowered simultaneously enabling cross pollination attempts.

1983 6(4) 137-138 Bette Waterbury The history of the IAS
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ABSTRACT: The history of the International Aroid Society up to 1983 is recounted.

1983 6(4) 139-158 Linda Theus Fourth annual show and sale (Buy)
ABSTRACT: It wasn't a contest to see who was l!P and ready to get the show on the road, but if it were, President Jerry Bengis would surely have won. He woke up at 3:30 a.m. the Saturday morning of the annual Show and Sale. Since he couldn't go back to sleep, he got up to check the sky as rain was forecast and got to Fairchild Tropical Garden early.

1983 6(4) 159-160 David Prudhomme Pistia stratiotes "Growoff"
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ABSTRACT: For those unaware, P. stratiotes, however delightful to look at, is simply a water weed which chokes off large bodies of water and even hinders navigation in many parts of S. Florida. Should this plant be seriously considered for the best of show award on points alone?

1983 6(4) 160 Joe Wright Queries
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1983 6(4) 161 Anonymous Letters
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1983 6(4) 161 Anonymous Newsmakers
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1983 6(4) 162 Anonymous Australian newsletter
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1983 6(4) 163 Anonymous New members for 1983
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1983 6(4) 163 Anonymous Errata for vol. 6
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