HiJulius=2C
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Sorry=2Cbut I said no such thing! I said =93Hi Marek=2C Bit stylized...myguess would be Xanthosoma rather than Alocasia...=94=2C it was Marek whosuggested Xanthosoma indica... There IS an Alocasia indica (=3D Alocasiamacrorrhiozos) but the stamp does NOT depict Alocasia macrorrhizos). My guessis that it is one of the carbohydrate crop Xanthosoma spp. That are frequentlymet with throughout the tropics=2C well away from their native Caribbean and South/CentralAmerican origins...
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Pete
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From: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com[mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of ju-bo@msn.com
Sent: 10 April 2009 17:22
To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Xanthosoma indica?
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Dear John and Friends=2C
The illustration on this stamp=2C especially that of one leaf=2C does in factclosely resemble a non-discript species within the Neotropical genusXanthosoma=2C but we MUST keep in mind that the artist might not have been aBotanist=2C and may have been using a generalized photo or illustration of anaroid (who knows!) =3B Since there are no blooms which would have assisted indetermining =3B the precise I.D. of this plant=2C and there is no label on thestamp itself=2C Pete Boyce (perhaps in jest) suggested it might be"Xanthosoma indica''=2C a non-species if ever there was one! =3B But thenagain=2C to ramble on a little on this topic=2C there IS a named var./cultivarnamed "Alocasia amazonica''=2C a genus that does NOT occur naturallyanywhere NEAR the Amazon Basin! =3B I did the research on this name=2C todiscover that it was named by its creator (it is a hybrid) who owned anow-defunct nursery in the Miami area back in the 30`s-40`s and the Nursery`sname was "Amazon Nursery"=2C hence the name of this Asian Plant.
=3BI came to the conclusion that the illustration on the stamp could verywell be a sp. of Alocasia=2C which is native to that area while Xanthosoma isNOT.
Good Growing=2C
Julius
From: criswick@spiceisle.com
To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
Date: Wed=2C 8 Apr 2009 05:50:31 -0700
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Xanthosoma indica?
Theplant has Xanthosoma written all over it=2C and aren=92t all Xanthosomas tropicalAmerican? =3B The name X. indica therefore must be an impossibility. =3BJohn.
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From:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] OnBehalf Of ju-bo@msn.com
Sent: Monday=2C April 06=2C 2009 3:35 AM
To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Xanthosoma indica?
=3B
Dear Marek=2C
Pete is most probably correct=2C stamps are VERY unreliable w/ their art-work=2CI`d like to see the stamp=2C can you send a photo to me please??
Julius
From: phymatarum@googlemail.com
To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
Date: Sun=2C 5 Apr 2009 06:33:09 +0800
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Xanthosoma indica?
Hi Marek=2C
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Bit styalized...my guess would be Xanthosoma rather thanAlocasia...
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Pete
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From:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] OnBehalf Of Marek Argent
Sent: 03 April 2009 08:23
To: discussion of aroids
Subject: [Aroid-l] Xanthosoma indica?
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Ihave a new stamp (see the attachment)=2C the plant is named there Xanthosomaindica.
Ithink it is Alocasia indica or maybe A. macrorrhizos
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