Re: [Aroid-l] Re: Asian epiphytes...

From: "Peter Boyce" <botanist at malesiana.com> on 2007.02.21 at 10:00:21(15309) Dear Michael No Homalomena, as far as I am aware, are obligate epiphytes. Having said that I have seen Homalomena griffithii growing epiphytically c. 3 m up the trunk of a large belian in riverine gallery forest in NC Sarawak; clearly the seed had lodged there either during floors or had passed through the dispersal agent. Homalomena fruits are inconspicuous but often strongly fruity-smelling and tasting and I suspect are mammal dispersed although I have no direct evidence to support this. Alistair did a lot of work on the Homalomena of New Guinea and Bismarck and may well have further anecdotes of epiphytism. Interesting, some New Guinea Homalomena contain psychoactive principles thus it is possible for the observer to be out of their tree.... Very best wishes Peter +More ----- Original Message ----- From: RAYMOMATTLA@cs.com To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 11:18 AM Subject: [Aroid-l] Re: Asian epiphytes... Thanks Peter, Alistair, Tom and Adam. For some reason Im not getting alot of the responses but happened to check the archives and found all of yours. Id be interested in seeing some of those Scindapsus too.Any of the Homalomenas growing as epiphytes?Michael _______________________________________________Aroid-l mailing listAroid-l@gizmoworks.comhttp://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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