Re: Ambrosinia bassii

From: Tom Croat <croat at mobot.org> on 1997.10.23 at 18:23:30(1474) Carlo: Before you get too excited about Ambrosina basii I should say that I have seen a fully developed Anthurium gracile (Rudge) Schott which was no larger than my thumb nail (including its inflorescence). This was no doubt a freak but it was real. Tom +More > > Yes, it's one of the little ones but I'm thrilled to report my first > flowering of Ambrosinia bassii. Its little elfin-slipper flowers are more > interesting inside than out with maroon spotting and are pressed to the > ground. They open just as the leaves are coming up and beginning to unfurl. > > Anyone have suggestions for a list of the smallest aroids? I'd like to > compile one for Aroid-L (and my want list!). > > Carlo > > > Carlo A. Balistrieri, J.D. Email: CABalist@facstaff.wisc.edu > P.O. Box 327 > Ashippun, WI 53003-0327 > U.S.A. > Voice: 414.569.1902 Telefax: same number, please call ahead. > > > -- Thomas B. Croat, Ph.D. P.A. Schulz Curator of Botany Missouri Botanical Garden P.O. Box 299 St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 phone: 314-577-5163; fax 314-577-9596; email croat@mobot.org

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