[Aroid-l] Philo melinonii

From: lbmkjm at yahoo.com (brian lee) on 2007.08.23 at 12:27:46(16141) Dear Brian, Aloha. Philodendron melinonii changes appearance as it matures. The leaf blades and petioles can be quite reddish in bright light as immature plants. The leaf tips can be rounded or very acuminate depending on age. The abaxial or lower surface veins should be prominent and become more prominent with age. The leaf blades lose the reddish tint on the lower surface with maturity. The petioles are usually very succulent in appearance as small juveniles such as Steve illustrated. At your stage they elongate...and with maturity, they have a sulcate adaxial channel so they appear D shaped...with the flat side up. There should be scattered dark spots on the petiole and leaf blades, which become more pronounced with maturity...as very young plants this feature may or may not be present...but your plant should be exhibiting them. The fibrous covering should evident soon...as mature plants this fiber is very dense and covers a thick stem...but the persistent fiber makes the stem appear much larger. Aloha, Leland +More --- Brian Williams wrote: > Here are a few pics. I have not ran into this philo > very often over the > years. I know only a handful of great aroiders who > are growing them. I > believe it is a must have but it does take up a lot > of room. My plant > does not look anything like this form yet they dont > seem to look similar > really till they begin to mature. I thought my plant > was mislabled for > sometime but it has sense started looking more like > the more mature forms. > > The plant in the middle is my plant. It was from a > extremely! reliable > source. Even now after looking at the photos I > wonder if mine maybe a > different form?? > > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7

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