Re: [Aroid-l] Philodendron stenolobum

From: a san juan kalim1998 at yahoo.com> on 2005.07.01 at 21:16:59(13089) Agreed on this. The discussion was on whether the plant in question is P. stenolobum, not whether there should be some way of differentiating (due to innate differences in leaf form) various forms of this plant in cultivation. In the wild, it may be that the P. stenolobum population shows a continuous range in form from the 'old williamsii' to the 'new stenolobum'.... +More --- Russ wrote: > Yes, and for identification purposes those physical > features and origins in > general are broken down into Caucasian, Hispanic, > etc, etc. Also, science > demands that these horticultural differences are > identified and split into > identifiable physical characteristics, and named. > In the present state of > affairs, if I say I have a stenolobum, no one still > knows exactly which > philodendron I have, and this situation is just too > ambiguous. > Russ > > > ''Why not? All people are the same species, and yet > you > can see very much variation in terms of coloration, > height, hair type, etc.'' > > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-l mailing list > Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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