Chen Yi A 107 99/00 - Identified

From: "James W. Waddick" jim-jim at swbell.net> on 2000.07.07 at 23:41:40(5006) About three weeks ago I wrote: > > My Chen Yi A-107 (99/00) is coming up and blooming. Although > > 'identified' as 'Remusatia vivipara it clearly isn't that and > > probably some common Colocasia type with anonymous dull green > > foliage. Photos sent to Peter Boyce confirmed its ID as Colocasia esculenta var. aquatilis. Hope any other buyers will change the ID and label it appropriately. Thanks Pete. Jim W. +More Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 E-fax 419-781-8594 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +

From: Tony Avent tony at plantdel.com> on 2000.07.08 at 15:42:48(5020) Jim: For those in the tropics of zone 7 south, Colocasia esculenta var. aquatilis is incredibly weedy. We have been pulling it out for years not and can't quite seem to get it all. +More At 06:42 PM 7/7/00 -0500, you wrote: >About three weeks ago I wrote: >> > My Chen Yi A-107 (99/00) is coming up and blooming. Although >> > 'identified' as 'Remusatia vivipara it clearly isn't that and >> > probably some common Colocasia type with anonymous dull green >> > foliage. > > Photos sent to Peter Boyce confirmed its ID as Colocasia >esculenta var. >aquatilis. > Hope any other buyers will change the ID and label it appropriately. > Thanks Pete. Tony Avent Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, NC 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdel.com website http://www.plantdel.com phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 662-0370 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent

From: StellrJ at aol.com on 2000.07.08 at 15:43:50(5021) In a message dated 7/7/00 7:58:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jim-jim@swbell.net writes: << Photos sent to Peter Boyce confirmed its ID as Colocasia +More esculenta var. aquatilis. >> Incidentally, where can I find information on how to distiguish the different C. esculenta subspp.; e.g., aquatilis, antiquorum, any others? Jason Hernandez Naturalist-at-Large

From: "Peter Boyce" Boyce at pothos.demon.co.uk> on 2000.07.09 at 02:37:16(5022) Jason In brief: Smaller, slustering tubers: C. esculanta var. esculenta Large, usually solitary tuber: C. esculenta var. antiquorum Almost no tuber development but, instead, long stolons: C. esculenta var. aquatilis Pete +More Peter C. Boyce 'Bellagyna' Willow Wren Wharf Hayes Road, Southall Middlesex UB2 5HB U.K. Tel.: (+44) (0) 20 8 573 1213 (home) (+44) (0) 20 8 332 5207 (work) Fax: (+44) (0) 20 8 332 5278 email: boyce@pothos.demon.co.uk (home) p.boyce@rbgkew.org.uk (work)

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