Anthurium from Costa Rica

From: Don Martinson llmen at wi.rr.com> on 2002.03.11 at 01:46:25(8272) While in Costa Rica, I spotted an anthurium with the spathe colored as shown in the photo link below: http://home.wi.rr.com/llmen/cranth.jpg Is this characteristic of any particular cultivar? It appears that the spathe eventually turns all green. -- Don Martinson +More Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com

From: "Jay Vannini" interbnk at terra.com.gt> on 2002.03.11 at 04:49:25(8273) Don: This is what is called an "Obake"-type Anthurium andraeanum hybrid, cud be 'Miura' or a derivative/sibling of this clone. This characteristic is somewhat unstable, even in plants selected for it, and I have had "Obakes" appear spontaneously on yer common or garden variety 'Nitta" - only to disappear for several seasons (or forever!) on the same plant. Hmmmmmmm... A Communist plot? +More Ciao/Jay ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list AROID-L" Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 7:46 PM Subject: Anthurium from Costa Rica > While in Costa Rica, I spotted an anthurium with the spathe colored > as shown in the photo link below: > > http://home.wi.rr.com/llmen/cranth.jpg > > Is this characteristic of any particular cultivar? It appears that > the spathe eventually turns all green. > > -- > Don Martinson > Milwaukee, Wisconsin > Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com > >

From: Piabinha at aol.com on 2002.03.12 at 05:10:14(8280) don, i'm surprised you haven't seen those; at least in nyc, they are not uncommon as cut flowers. i personally don't like them that much, they look like monstrous anth. on steroids... the shape and size are huge and they come in several colors. tsuh yang chen, nyc, USA http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orchidspecies http://groups.yahoo.com/group/labyrinth-fish

From: Don Martinson llmen at wi.rr.com> on 2002.03.13 at 02:58:17(8284) Title: Re: Anthurium from Costa Rica don, i'm surprised you haven't seen those; at least in nyc, they are not uncommon as cut flowers. i personally don't like them that much, they look like monstrous anth. on steroids... the shape and size are huge and they come in several colors. +More Well, here in Milwaukee, we are really in a (horti)cultural back water. We see the big, red spathed ones and maybe some pinks and whites, but that's about all. dm

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at msn.com> on 2002.03.14 at 05:13:50(8285) Title: Re: Anthurium from Costa Rica ----- Original Message ----- From: Don Martinson To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 9:58 PM Subject: Re: Anthurium from Costa Rica Hello Friends, WAy back (35-40 years?) in Trinidad when my Dad used to cross-pollinate Anthuriums and develop new colors and shapes, we weeded out any that had the green 'extentions' to the spathe, these were considered to be serious 'faults' back then, but these were developed in Hawaii to be this 'type' of Anthurium and today are considered by some to be beautiful! Julius +More >>don, i'm surprised you haven't seen those; at least in nyc, they are not uncommon as cut flowers. i personally don't like them that much, they look like monstrous anth. on steroids... the shape and size are huge and they come in several colors. Well, here in Milwaukee, we are really in a (horti)cultural back water. We see the big, red spathed ones and maybe some pinks and whites, but that's about all. dm

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