[Aroid-l] Re: Cyrtosperma merkusii--the story

From: "mossytrail" mossytrail at hctc.com> on 2006.10.03 at 02:45:56(14728) > Dear Friends, > > Thanks, Brian, nice photo!! > While we are on this subject, perhaps someone out there > may be able to provide us w/ some information on a couple > of subjects. A good friend has told me that several years > ago, while visiting Hawaii, he recalls visiting (he > thinks) 'Lyonn Arborium' (name/spelling?) Lyon Arboretum. It is up the Manoa Valley, near the trailhead to Manoa Falls, on Oahu. Unfortunately (for me), it is only open when I am at work -- that is to say, weekdays only, closed weekends and holidays. That section of the island, however, is of particular interest -- the Manoa Valley/ Mt. Tantalus area has a much greater diversity of introduced aroids growing wild than I have seen anywhere else in the Islands. Off topic, does anyone know > if there are folks here in the USA who have plants of > native Hawaiian Hibiscus genera/species in cultivation?? > Good Growing, > The Audubon Center in Waimea, Oahu has extensive botanic gardens, with many specimens of the extinct-in-the-wild Hibiscus brackenridgei. But I doubt they are available for distribution. +More _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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