edible Anthuriums

From: "Michael Pascall" mickpascall at hotmail.com> on 1999.12.20 at 16:01:19(3970) A few years ago ,while picking the ripe berrys from a A.podophyllum,I tasted one,and it was delicous!Since I have tasted many different Anth. fruits,some unpleasant,some tastless, but none as tasty as my first one! Michael Pascall, Curator , Whyanbeel Arboretum. +More ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

From: "Dany Hervelle" bs246466 at skynet.be> on 1999.12.21 at 14:48:11(3975) Hi Michael, It's Dany from Belgium Please if you have seed of alocasia,don't eat all and let some for me! More seriously,how are you?I wish well.Have you had the opportunity to find some alocasia species for me ?Thanks to let me know. Can you please also write me the name of the fruits that we had eating in Australia? I really may be happy to know Thanks for your reply Dany +More -----Message d'origine----- De : Michael Pascall ? : bs246466@skynet.be Date : lundi 20 d?cembre 1999 17:00 Objet : edible Anthuriums >A few years ago ,while picking the ripe berrys from a A.podophyllum,I tasted >one,and it was delicous!Since I have tasted many different Anth. fruits,some >unpleasant,some tastless, but none as tasty as my first one! >Michael Pascall, Curator , Whyanbeel Arboretum. >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > >

From: StellrJ at aol.com on 1999.12.23 at 20:37:28(3980) In a message dated 12/20/1999 8:01:16 AM Pacific Standard Time, mickpascall@hotmail.com writes: > Since I have tasted many different Anth. fruits, some +More > unpleasant, some tasteless, but none as tasty as my first one! My first Anthurium fruit was from a plant that had fallen from a tree on the grounds of University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad. I later saw a picture of the sp., named A. parviflorum or something similar. Anyway, the fruits were sweet, but had not enough flesh to be worthwhile. Jason Hernandez Naturalist-at-Large

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 1999.12.25 at 17:16:25(3984) Dear Jason, This probably was fruit from A. gracile (Rudge) Schott, a VERY common epiphite on the horizontal limbs of the HUGE Samaan Trees around the U.W.I. at St Agustine, N. Trinidad, I remember them well! Cheers, Julius +More >My first Anthurium fruit was from a plant that had fallen from a tree on the grounds of University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad. I later saw a picture of the sp., named A. parviflorum or something similar. Anyway, the fruits were sweet, but had not enough flesh to be worthwhile. Jason Hernandez Naturalist-at-Large>

From: StellrJ at aol.com on 1999.12.27 at 03:50:52(3986) In a message dated 12/25/1999 9:16:22 AM Pacific Standard Time, ju-bo@email.msn.com writes: > Dear Jason, +More > This probably was fruit from A. gracile (Rudge) Schott, a VERY common > epiphyte on the horizontal limbs of the HUGE Samaan Trees around the U.W.I. > at St Agustine, N. Trinidad, I remember them well! > Cheers, That sounds right! All I remembered was that the specific name meant something to the effect of "small" Gracile works. This is a species with lanceolate leaves and only a vestigial spathe. Jason Hernandez Naturalist-at-Large

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 1999.12.27 at 15:00:06(3988) In a message dated 12/25/1999 9:16:22 AM Pacific Standard Time, ju-bo@email.msn.com writes: > Dear Jason, +More > This probably was fruit from A. gracile (Rudge) Schott, a VERY common > epiphyte on the horizontal limbs of the HUGE Samaan Trees around the U.W.I. > at St Agustine, N. Trinidad, I remember them well! > Cheers, >That sounds right! All I remembered was that the specific name meant something to the effect of "small" Gracile works. This is a species with lanceolate leaves and only a vestigial spathe. Jason Hernandez Naturalist-at-Large< Dear Jason, That`s the plant! I have many memories of the large Samaan trees (to those that do not know this tree, it is a HUGE legume, looks like an over-grown, umbrella-shaped oak, the record specimen on T`dad had a trunk w/ a dia. of over 12 ft., and covered an acre with the spread of branches!) on my Aunt`s estate, their horizontal limbs just COVERED by the color red almost covering the dark green leaves of this thickly growing species, the berries of ripe fruits of this Anthurium being the cause!! Cheers, Julius

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