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Heard from a personal friend of Keith Henderson that in the crossing of Hendersons Pride at least 3 distinct =3B forms resulted .
Red flushed new foliage was one .

From: Thomas.Croat@mobot.org
To: aroid-l@www.gizmoworks.com
Date: Sun=2C 5 Oct 2014 01:46:45 +0000
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Philodendron hybrid

Dear John:

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I knew of only the green form. I received a piece from Jim =3B Bloom and just recently I was remined of this because we were looking at a living collection that I got from Jim many years ago. Jim was an interesting guy. =3B He started out collecting snakes or frogs and later turned to plants=2C a great move. He collected lots of things including guns. I guess he has passed because I have not heard about him in years.

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Tom

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From: aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of John Criswick
Sent: Saturday=2C October 04=2C 2014 10:20 AM
To: 'Discussion of aroids'
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Philodendron hybrid

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Thanks Brian. That sounds like a pretty educated guess.

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Was there not also a dieffenbachia =91Bob See=92? =3B Did it not seem to be a forerunner of Dieffenbachia =91Camille=92?

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BTW Tom=2C I think there were two versions of Pluto=3B first the green and then the burgundy form.

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John.

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From: aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Brian Williams
Sent: Friday=2C October 03=2C 2014 12:38 PM
To: Discussion of aroids
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Philodendron hybrid

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=3BI first saw the plant at both Ron Weeks nursery and Tricia Franks home. Tricia gave me a nice large top cutting off her plant. I then tracked down it had been breed by Bob See. I was unable to find any info on the breeding of the plant or if he had put another name to it. So I sold the plant as Philo Bob See hybrid for many years. If I were to guess. I would think the plant was a hybrid of Philo lacerum or radiatum crossed with something with a narrower leaf maybe subhastatum or such. Just a guess on how it might have been made.

On 10/2/2014 6:26 PM=2C John Criswick wrote:

Dear Tom=2C
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Thanks for your response to my post.
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Well having grown Pluto in the 70s and 80s I would say definitely not=2C despite similarity of leaf shape. I seem to remember Pluto as being of a burgundy hue=2C also.
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I know nothing of the parentage of Bob See=92s hybrid. I wonder if there is someone who does?
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John Banta=2C perhaps?
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John.
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From: aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Tom Croat
Sent: Wednesday=2C October 01=2C 2014 5:04 PM
To: 'Discussion of aroids'
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Philodendron hybrid
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Dear John: =3B Was this what was known commercially as Philodendron =93pluto=94?
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Tom
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From: aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of John Criswick
Sent: Sunday=2C September 28=2C 2014 8:44 PM
To: Discussion of aroids
Subject: [Aroid-l] Philodendron hybrid
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We were recently discussing those plantsmen who have contributed to the richness of our plant scene today=2C and I mentioned Bob See of South Florida.
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Here are photos of the hybrid philodendron he created.
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It is very slowly vining. This specimen was grown in shade but in sun it could vine even more slowly and be more chunky.
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John Criswick.
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