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Re: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus myosuroides

From: "mossytrail" <mossytrail at hctc.com> on 2008.09.10 at 22:17:34(18495)
> Am. myosuroides is a member of a recently disvovered new
> group in Amorphophallus (incl. also Am. ongsakulii and a
> new one to be described). These have a very different
> growth cycle from "normal" Amorphs. The plants will
> develop several leaves during one season and may start
> flowering after a few months, alongside the leaves and
> then they may even produce more flowers in one season.
> VERY un-Amorphophallus but there it is.
>
Some "splitters" would say that makes it some other genus.
Wonder what they'll name it...? (I suggest
Hetterscheidiphallus...hee-hee.)
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Jason Hernandez
Naturalist-at-Large
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