Philodendron?? maybe Heteropsis

From: Brian Williams <pugturd at alltel.net> on 2007.07.02 at 21:54:04(15924) Well I have had this in my collection for a few years. It is a very odd aroid and I have had to experts look at it both telling me philodendron unknow species. I did get a two species names for it and I have the names on a sheet of paper I cannot seem to find. Now I don't usually question the experts but after looking through aroideana Vol 9 I found this picture of a plant listed as Heteropsis melinonii which looks almost exactly like this plant. Something about it tells just seems different than any other philo I have grown hard to explain but if you grow enough you seem to notice the differences. I am wondering if this is a philo and if so how to tell it from the Heteropsis? This group Heteropsis if similar to this species seems like a extremely interesting group to grow. +More _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Tom Croat" <Thomas.Croat at mobot.org> on 2007.07.02 at 23:39:38(15927) Dear Brian: This looks like Philodendron chinchamayense a member of section Pteromischum. Tom +More Tom Croat, P. A. Schulze Curator of Botany Missouri Botanical Garden Box 299, St. Louis, Missouri 63116 (314) 577-5163 Thomas.Croat@mobot.org Please send images to our FTP Server. ftp://garfile:garden2003@cissus.mobot.org/incoming/croat ftp://garfile:garden2003@cissus.mobot.org/outgoing/croat -----Original Message----- [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Brian Williams Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 4:54 PM To: Discussion of aroids Subject: [Aroid-l] Philodendron?? maybe Heteropsis Well I have had this in my collection for a few years. It is a very odd aroid and I have had to experts look at it both telling me philodendron unknow species. I did get a two species names for it and I have the names on a sheet of paper I cannot seem to find. Now I don't usually question the experts but after looking through aroideana Vol 9 I found this picture of a plant listed as Heteropsis melinonii which looks almost exactly like this plant. Something about it tells just seems different than any other philo I have grown hard to explain but if you grow enough you seem to notice the differences. I am wondering if this is a philo and if so how to tell it from the Heteropsis? This group Heteropsis if similar to this species seems like a extremely interesting group to grow. _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: RAYMOMATTLA at cs.com on 2007.07.03 at 02:16:24(15929) Speaking of the genus Heteropsis, is anyone growing any of the species? Im with Brian in that I think it would be a really interesting group to grow. Not the most beautiful of Aroids but certainly an oddity! Michael _______________________________________________ +More Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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