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Re: [Aroid-l] Philodendron variifolium Schott
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From: ExoticRainforest <Steve at ExoticRainforest.com> on 2009.11.14 at 05:38:33
Thanks Tom. I've tried to carefullyexamine the photo of Philodendron variifolium on Tropicos aswell as read the brief description on CATE Araceae
Philodendronvariifolium Schott sec CATE Araceae, 2009
LEAVES: Petioleterete, 20-25 cm long, shortly and narrowly sheathed in the lower part.Blade thinly coriaceous, shape decidedly diverse, cordate-oblong orsagittate-oblong, rarely hastate or hastate-oblong, apex with a 1-1.5cm long cuspid, 20-26 cm long, 6-7 cm wide halfway; posterior lobesvery short and very obtuse or elongate-oblong obtuse, separated by ashort, wide, very open sinus, apex curved upwards; the posterior ribsin hastate blades are weak, horizontal, curving upwards in asigmoid-curve, lateral veins of the anterior lobe all sub-equal.
The plants don't describe or look the same. I'd love to find aspecimen of the real Philodendron variifolium so I can observeit growing in the atrium. As far as I can tell the blade of Philodendronvariifolium can be somewhat cordate but should be more elongatedthan anything I've ever seen growing or sold using the name Philodendronvariifolium.
Steve
Tom Croat wrote: Dear Steve” I don’t knowhow the Philodendronvariifolium plant got confused with P. brandtianaum. I have aphotographof drawing in my files of Poeppig 1281 or 1781 (I can’t read it well)andit is totally different. While it resembles the plant that is on thetropicos website I know that it is different because I have seen lotsofmaterial that has leaves like this from that general area. It seems tome thatthis same plant was one of 2 or 3 collections with a Poeppig numberpart of whichwas P. deflexum. Tom DearSteve, Here is Graf’s illustration entitled P. variifolium in Tropica, 3rdedition. It does not to me appear to be the same as either of the 2plantsshown in your attachment. In particular, the brownish or reddishcolouring ofthe emergent leaf is absent. John. Does anyone have acopy of the published description for _______________________________________________Aroid-L mailing listAroid-L@www.gizmoworks.comhttp://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l
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