Aroid Literature/Anthu. fruit

From: ju-bo at msn.com (Julius Boos) on 2007.11.10 at 18:51:55(16680)

From: edleigh7 at optusnet.com.au (edleigh) on 2007.11.11 at 05:06:25(16688) Thanks John and Julius, I will order that on Monday. And thanks to those who sent me private mail welcoming me to this discussion group Regards, Ed & Leigh +More ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julius Boos" To: Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 4:51 AM Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Aroid Literature/Anthu. fruit > > From : edleigh > Reply-To : Discussion of aroids > Sent : Wednesday, November 7, 2007 8:40 AM > To : "Discussion of aroids" > Subject : [Aroid-l] Aroid Literature > > G`day right back at youse, Ed and Leigh, > > THE book you need is Deni Bown`s WONDERFUL volume, > "Aroids--plants of the Arum Family". Be aware that there is NO one book > that can inedtify all the aroids that you may come across to their correct > species, Deni`s book will give you an overview of all/most aroid genera > and > many popular and some obscure species, but there are just a very few > experts > in the world who can most times give you an identification of say an > obscure > species of Anthurium or Philodendron to the species level. Dr. Tom Croat > of Missouri Botanical Garden is generally kind enough to do this with many > genera, especially Anthurium, Philodendron, Dieffenbachia, and many > others. > Pete Boyce is great with Asian aroids, as is Dr. Alistair hay who 'lurks' > is > great, and will step out to help where he can, Wilbert Hetterschied helps > a > LOT w/ Amorphophallus and related genera, and Typhonium. > Concerning the photo on another post of an Anthurium sp. which develops > fruit without pollination, this is fairly common in a few species, but > there > WAS an inflorsence/bloom present on which the showy red berries developed, > it was probably just VERY small and inconspicous, no showy spathe like in > A. andreanum and some other species, as since it self-pollinates it may > not > need to attract insect pollinators, and the red fruits are showy enough to > attract birds and other distributers for the fruit/seed. > Good Luck and Good Growing! > > Julius > WPB, Florida, USA. > >>>G'day, I am fairly new to Aroid l, I have been reading posts and trying >>>to >>>take it all in to be honest. I haven't been into aroids for that long, >>>but >>>I am quite passionate about them. I've got the "bug" so to speak. > I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good all round book on aroids > so > I don't have to annoy people like Steve L for identification etc all the > time. I don't trust a lot of the information on non scientific sites on > the > internet. Any advice would be appreciated. > > Regards, > Ed & Leigh > Tropical Collector > Queensland Australia > > _ > > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: edleigh7 at optusnet.com.au (edleigh) on 2007.12.03 at 10:25:42(16769) Thanks everyone, I'm getting it for X-Mas!!! Regards, Ed & Leigh +More ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julius Boos" To: Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 4:51 AM Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Aroid Literature/Anthu. fruit > > From : edleigh > Reply-To : Discussion of aroids > Sent : Wednesday, November 7, 2007 8:40 AM > To : "Discussion of aroids" > Subject : [Aroid-l] Aroid Literature > > G`day right back at youse, Ed and Leigh, > > THE book you need is Deni Bown`s WONDERFUL volume, > "Aroids--plants of the Arum Family". Be aware that there is NO one book > that can inedtify all the aroids that you may come across to their correct > species, Deni`s book will give you an overview of all/most aroid genera > and > many popular and some obscure species, but there are just a very few > experts > in the world who can most times give you an identification of say an > obscure > species of Anthurium or Philodendron to the species level. Dr. Tom Croat > of Missouri Botanical Garden is generally kind enough to do this with many > genera, especially Anthurium, Philodendron, Dieffenbachia, and many > others. > Pete Boyce is great with Asian aroids, as is Dr. Alistair hay who 'lurks' > is > great, and will step out to help where he can, Wilbert Hetterschied helps > a > LOT w/ Amorphophallus and related genera, and Typhonium. > Concerning the photo on another post of an Anthurium sp. which develops > fruit without pollination, this is fairly common in a few species, but > there > WAS an inflorsence/bloom present on which the showy red berries developed, > it was probably just VERY small and inconspicous, no showy spathe like in > A. andreanum and some other species, as since it self-pollinates it may > not > need to attract insect pollinators, and the red fruits are showy enough to > attract birds and other distributers for the fruit/seed. > Good Luck and Good Growing! > > Julius > WPB, Florida, USA. > >>>G'day, I am fairly new to Aroid l, I have been reading posts and trying >>>to >>>take it all in to be honest. I haven't been into aroids for that long, >>>but >>>I am quite passionate about them. I've got the "bug" so to speak. > I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good all round book on aroids > so > I don't have to annoy people like Steve L for identification etc all the > time. I don't trust a lot of the information on non scientific sites on > the > internet. Any advice would be appreciated. > > Regards, > Ed & Leigh > Tropical Collector > Queensland Australia > > _ > > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: growit7 at windstream.net (Tere Baber) on 2007.12.06 at 02:09:27(16771) Good for you. You can read it to us during the long cold winter. ----- Original Message ----- From: "edleigh" +More To: "Discussion of aroids" Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 4:25 AM Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Aroid Literature/Anthu. fruit > Thanks everyone, I'm getting it for X-Mas!!! > > Regards, > > > Ed & Leigh > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Julius Boos" > To: > Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 4:51 AM > Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Aroid Literature/Anthu. fruit > > >> >> From : edleigh >> Reply-To : Discussion of aroids >> Sent : Wednesday, November 7, 2007 8:40 AM >> To : "Discussion of aroids" >> Subject : [Aroid-l] Aroid Literature >> >> G`day right back at youse, Ed and Leigh, >> >> THE book you need is Deni Bown`s WONDERFUL volume, >> "Aroids--plants of the Arum Family". Be aware that there is NO one book >> that can inedtify all the aroids that you may come across to their >> correct >> species, Deni`s book will give you an overview of all/most aroid genera >> and >> many popular and some obscure species, but there are just a very few >> experts >> in the world who can most times give you an identification of say an >> obscure >> species of Anthurium or Philodendron to the species level. Dr. Tom >> Croat >> of Missouri Botanical Garden is generally kind enough to do this with >> many >> genera, especially Anthurium, Philodendron, Dieffenbachia, and many >> others. >> Pete Boyce is great with Asian aroids, as is Dr. Alistair hay who 'lurks' >> is >> great, and will step out to help where he can, Wilbert Hetterschied helps >> a >> LOT w/ Amorphophallus and related genera, and Typhonium. >> Concerning the photo on another post of an Anthurium sp. which develops >> fruit without pollination, this is fairly common in a few species, but >> there >> WAS an inflorsence/bloom present on which the showy red berries >> developed, >> it was probably just VERY small and inconspicous, no showy spathe like >> in >> A. andreanum and some other species, as since it self-pollinates it may >> not >> need to attract insect pollinators, and the red fruits are showy enough >> to >> attract birds and other distributers for the fruit/seed. >> Good Luck and Good Growing! >> >> Julius >> WPB, Florida, USA. >> >>>>G'day, I am fairly new to Aroid l, I have been reading posts and trying >>>>to >>>>take it all in to be honest. I haven't been into aroids for that long, >>>>but >>>>I am quite passionate about them. I've got the "bug" so to speak. >> I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good all round book on aroids >> so >> I don't have to annoy people like Steve L for identification etc all the >> time. I don't trust a lot of the information on non scientific sites on >> the >> internet. Any advice would be appreciated. >> >> Regards, >> Ed & Leigh >> Tropical Collector >> Queensland Australia >> >> _ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aroid-L mailing list >> Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com >> http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.14/1172 - Release Date: > 12/5/2007 8:41 AM > >

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