[Aroid-l] Fw: Scindapsus

From: lbmkjm at yahoo.com (brian lee) on 2008.04.01 at 17:32:19(17267) Dear Steve, Aloha. I do not know this plant personally. It is really difficult to give an identification on sterile material, but I can comment a little. There is a Philodendron hederaceum (Jacq.) Schott 'Brasil'. It is illustrated in Harri Lorenzi's book, PLANTAS ORNAMENTAIS NO BRASIL,p. 213. The unvariegated species is illustrated on p. 212. I have the third edition. Dr. Eduardo Gonsalves worked on the Araceae section, so it would be good to let him comment on this plant. According to the book, this plant is a selection by Ruben Acosta. Whatever your plant is, this does look similar....but there are several look-alike plants. Lorenzi's text says that the inflorescence is typical of Philodendron hederaceum, so if you bloom your plant, that will be important for proper identification. Just from your photo, it appears your plant has a very glossy surface...which is not a feature of Philodendron hederaceum...could your leaves be wet? Aloha, Leland +More --- ExoticRainforest wrote: > > Sorry to talk back to myself, but I just found a > photo of this plant on Marek's site noted as a > cultivar of Philodedron hederaceum. Does anyone > know if this is a cultivated plant or another wild > form of P. hederaceum? Or something else? > > Steve Lucas > > http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.wschowa.com/abrimaal/araceum/philodendron/brasil.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.wschowa.com/abrimaal/araceum/philodendron/brasil.htm&h99&w)9&sz2&hl=en&start=8&um=1&tbnid=7VhHS8b0zwSi4M:&tbnh4&tbnw“&prev=/images%3Fq%3DPhilodendron%2B%2527Brazil%2527%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN > > > I just received a private response on this plant and > was told it is being called Philodendron Brazil. > Somehow I doubt that is a good name! If anyone > knows what it truly is, please speak up! It appears > more to me to be a Scinadpus but I am certainly not > qualified to say. > > Steve Lucas > www.ExoticRainforest.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: ExoticRainforest > To: Discussion of aroids > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 9:55 AM > Subject: Scindapsus > > > Can any of you experts out there tell me the species > name of this Scindapus species. A cutting was sent > to me several years ago with no name. The thing I > found very amusing this morning is many people on > the internet think this species is the same thing as > Epipremnum aureum. I found that claim on Dave's > Garden, UBC, and Garden Web along with a bunch of > pseudo-scientific websites. I'd like to do a page > for my website so if any of you can let me know > where to find a copy of the scientific description > I'd appreciate the help. > > Thanks! > > Steve Lucas > www.ExoticRainforest.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > ____________________________________________________________________________________ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com

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