RE: Anthurium trinerve

From: Wilbert Hetterscheid <hetter at vkc.nl> on 1997.09.18 at 13:29:39(1260) To Geoffrey & others, Anthurium trinerve is available in Holland indeed because it is produced by one of the largest Anthurium breeding outfits in the world, Anthura BV. The selection they sell has the cultivar name 'Antrio' and is marketed under it's trademark White Pearl. A second cultivar that was going to be introduced under the name 'Britt' turned out to be indistinguishable from 'Antrio' and was retracted. Cheers, Wilbert +More > ---------- > From: Geoffrey Kibby (IIE)[SMTP:G.KIBBY@cabi.org] > Reply To: aroid-l@mobot.org > Sent: woensdag 17 september 1997 18:39 > To: hetter@VKC.NL > Subject: Anthurium trinerve > > Dear all, > > 4 more packages of seed are going out today and I think that fulfils > everybodys requests,27 in total, if you asked me for seeds and do not > > receive a package within the next week or so do let me know and I will > try > again. With the vagaries of the various countries postal systems (I > got > requests from as far afield as Taiwan, New Zealand, Paris etc) it > would not > be surprising if one or two went astray. Early feedback from > recipients > suggests 100 percent germination! Certainly my own sowing of these > seeds is > now about 1/2 inch high and growing really strongly. > > I returned from a brief trip to Amsterdam last weekend and 'lo and > behold', > guess what I saw in the famous flower market there, yup, you guessed > it, > A. trinerve! So it seems that someone in Europe at least is growing > and > distributing this plant (my original plant came from Stockholm, > Sweden). If > you have never been to Amsterdam and can get there do make the effort, > there > is a beautiful Botanic Garden attached to the Free University with a > wonderful aroid collection plus many other exotics. Hans Hvissers who > is one > of the specialists there (he writes to this list also) is doing great > work in > propagating and disseminating aroids and I am sure will be happy to > see you. > We desperately need gardens like this one, it relies entirely on > donations > and grants unlike the bigger national gardens in many countries and > yet does > pioneering work in conservation and dissemination of species. My > thanks to > Hans for a wonderful visit. > > Regards to all, > > Geoffrey Kibby > International Institute of Entomology > 56 Queen's Gate > London, SW7 5JR > Tel: 0171-584-0067 > e-mail: > g.kibby@cabi.org >

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