Anthurium giganteum?

From: "Jay Vannini" interbnk at terra.com.gt> on 2000.12.06 at 03:50:32(5752) Dear Scott: Quite possibly I'm out to lunch on this, but I was under the impression that this handle is invalid - A. giganteum = Anthurium salviniae, a HUGE indigenous birdsnest Anthurium with a pendent inflorescence. When hiking in Pacific coast cloud forest I have occasionally encountered truly massive individuals that had toppled off their perches. These buggers wud literally flatten you if one were unlucky enough to be underneath them when they drop. Your plants sound extremely impressive - do you know their origin? Brgds - +More Jay Vannini

From: "Scott Lucas" htbg at ilhawaii.net> on 2000.12.06 at 19:51:40(5760) Dear Jay, Our "Anthurium giganteum" (which it may not be at all after hearing from Tom Croat) are from Ecuador and from the 1994 Annual Distribution of aroids from Missouri Botanical Garden. They bear Tom Croat's collection number 73277. Tom was astonished at my description of the size of the leaf so I took an actual measurement yesterday afternoon. The leaves are heart shaped, with the width almost invariably 37 inches. The length of the leaf is somewhat more variable but averages five feet six inches. The petiole measures consistently at five feet. I don't have any photos of the whole plant or leaf yet; but, yesterday I sent a photo via email to Tom of an inflorescence and thinks that our plant may possibly be misdetermined since it does not seem to match his concept of the plant. He thinks that it may be A. cupulaspatha or possibly something else. With regard to setting seed, Tom had further thoughts: "I honestly think that a certain amount of dioecism is present in Anthurium because some plants appear top be just staminate while others appear to be pistillate. Perhaps yours is just pistillate! It would be nice to prove this theory (or disprove it)." This was in response to my further explanation that our plants readily shed lots of pollen; but immediately thereafter the spadix turns black and dies without producing any pistillate flowers. We will keep trying! Scott A. Lucas +More Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden P.O. Box 80 Papaikou, HI 96781 Phone: (808) 964-5233 FAX: (808) 964-1338 email: htbg@htbg.com Web Site: www.hawaiigarden.com ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list AROID-L" Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 5:50 PM Subject: Anthurium giganteum? > Dear Scott: > > Quite possibly I'm out to lunch on this, but I was under the impression that > this handle is invalid - A. giganteum = Anthurium salviniae, a HUGE > indigenous birdsnest Anthurium with a pendent inflorescence. When hiking in > Pacific coast cloud forest I have occasionally encountered truly massive > individuals that had toppled off their perches. These buggers wud literally > flatten you if one were unlucky enough to be underneath them when they drop. > > Your plants sound extremely impressive - do you know their origin? > > Brgds - > > Jay Vannini > >

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