[Aroid-l] Brazil seedling pics

From: lbmkjm at yahoo.com (brian lee) on 2007.08.03 at 17:54:43(16060) Dear Philodendron enthusiasts, Aloha. I have been seeing a great deal of hybrids that originate out of Brazilian ex-situ collections. I suspect that because they still have native pollinators, these collections will probably hybridize in a promiscuous fashion with a whole range of variation of whatever is around and compatible genetically. Unless great care is exercised during pollination, hybrids in these collection may be expected. I have seen a Philodendron adamantinum photo in Roberto Burle-Marx's collection that is a possible hybrid...if one did not know the species variations, this could be passed as a pure species. It remains beautiful, but it would differ from a vegetative propagation of the described species. This is just one example... Aloha. +More --- Ron Weeks wrote: > The seed I received produced the same diversity > Brian found. I threw most > of them out after growing them to up to a 6" pot > size and kept about 10 > that showed some potential to be different. My > selections have less > division in the leaf blade and almost white veins > with a blush of red on > the back of the leaf. Several flowered this spring. > All the inflorescences > had spathes shorter than the spadix and produced a > fragrance unlike any > other philodendron I have encountered. They might > just be forms of > bipinnatifidum but I suspect they are hybrids. > Perhaps the attached photo > will explain it better than I do. > > > On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:49:06 -0400, Brian Williams > > wrote: > > > Here are some pics of the Philodendrons seedlings > I grew out form that > > Brazilian seed order a few years back. Most of > these were under > > different names some were suppose to be forms of > Selloum but I think > > most are either forms of Selloum (bipinnatifidum) > or hybrids. I have > > never grown out so many philo seeds to get so much > diversity. I did get > > 4 vining forms of philos from that order that did > grow out. Most if not > > all look identical and though not all were true to > their named tagged > > they were forms I had ordered. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/

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