[Aroid-l] Philo ID

From: lbmkjm at yahoo.com (brian lee) on 2008.01.16 at 12:46:59(16956) Dear Russ, Aloha. The leaf and the stem photos point to a hybrid of Philodendron bipinnatifidum...the intravaginal squamules are typical of this species. There is a hybrid called Philodendron x evansii that resembles this, which is a Philodendron bipinnatifidum crossed with Philodendron speciosum...and is intermediate between them. There will be variations that intergrade between one species and the other in this cross. Philodendron speciosum has very different intravaginal squamules and some crosses will trend toward these. I do not have as much interest in hybrids myself...but there are many of them out there. At some point, we need to locate some good habitat photographs of the subgenus Meconostigma to determine the full range of variations within the current species concepts. There are many hybrids out there and as wild populations disappear, it will be increasingly difficult to clarify some of these questions. +More Aloha, Leland --- Bluesea wrote: > Didn't realize I already had this photo of the stem. > Russ > central Fla > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

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