[Aroid-l] Monstera question..

From: mossytrail at hctc.com (mossytrail) on 2008.06.25 at 00:36:37(17947) >M. friedrichstahalii > is a synonym of M. adansonii. However, plants of mistaken > determination labeled M. friedrichstalii were actually M. > siltepecana. +More :Pulling out my hair: AAARRRRGGGHHH!! How is anyone supposed to keep all this straight? So in my last Aroideana article, I made reference to a plant that could have been either one of two possible species, neither of which are the name I used. I identified it as M. freidrichsthallii based in part on _Exotica 4_, supplemented by Internet images. So now I'm spinning in circles wondering whether it was M. adansonii, or M. siltepecana. It was a persisting plant from a garden long since reverted to rainforest in Hawaii, so there is no way to know the provenance. All I can say is, it's a good thing that species was just a "cameo" in my article, not one of the main foci. Jason Hernandez Naturalist-at-Large

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