[Aroid-l] Origins of Philodendron x evansii

From: kalim1998 at yahoo.com (a san juan) on 2008.07.08 at 17:40:03(18111) Here is my first try at elucidating the history of P. x evansii: On the Origins of Philodendron x evansii http://www.blueboard.com/pahatan/rencana/p_x_evansii_origins.htm feel free to add or comment.... +More --- On Fri, 7/4/08, a san juan wrote: From: a san juan Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Origins of Philodendron x evansii To: "Discussion of aroids" Date: Friday, July 4, 2008, 10:44 PM Hi Leland, It does look like there is a small mystery about it as well - and I had thought it was pretty clear cut that the Disney corporation had a hand in its creation, and that Bill Evans had used P. speciosum and P. bippinatifidum (because it certainly looks like evansii looks like a cross between the two).... --- On Thu, 7/3/08, brian lee wrote: From: brian lee Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Origins of Philodendron x evansii To: "Discussion of aroids" Date: Thursday, July 3, 2008, 1:23 PM Dear Arlan, Aloha...good to hear from you. Congratulations in advance for working on the Meconostigma site. I do not know much about hybrids...Julius or Ron can comment much more on the history and parentage of the crosses. Philodendron x evansii... Derek Burch may be able to comment on this name... I am looking forward to the revised site... and I'll be happy to help if I can on the species. Aloha, Leland --- On Thu, 7/3/08, a san juan wrote: > From: a san juan > Subject: [Aroid-l] Origins of Philodendron x evansii > To: "Discussion of aroids" > Date: Thursday, July 3, 2008, 4:43 AM > Hi all, > > I am reorganizing the meconostigma site so it has more > articles (in english similar to the leafcutter ant site i > maintain, because my malay is not deep enough to write very > well in that language), and am hoping to put together a post > in the meconostigma site about the origins of P. x evansii. > > Here's pics of that plant: > http://www.blueboard.com/pahatan/gambar/p_x_evansii_1.htm > > Here is what I know, please correct me if i am wrong... > > This hybrid is from P. speciosum and P. bipinnatifidum. > > It was "discovered" or "created" by > Bill Evans, one of the major historical figures in Disney > history. > > I have heard rumors that this plant has become native in > certain areas, which i doubt, but you never know. > > If anyone has anything top add, please chirp in, I'd > appreciate it. > Thanks..._______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l_______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20080708/36fc0e78/attachment-0001.htm

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