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  Re: [Aroid-l] Philodendron variifolium Schott
From: "John Criswick" <criswick at spiceisle.com> on 2009.11.14 at 15:56:34(20273)
Steve, did you not seethe picture taken from Tropica which I sent you immediately upon seeing yourrequest? John.

From: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com[mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] OnBehalf Of ExoticRainforest
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 20099:01 AM
To: Discussion of aroids
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l]Philodendron variifolium Schott

Thanks Alison. If we can get Dr. Croat torespond I believe he would say this is just another of the multiple photoerrors in Mr. Graf's books. I am personally aware of quite a fewincluding the plant he calls "Philodendron cannifolium" which iscorrectly Philodendron martianum. I doubt it will ever happen but aroids should totally drop the use ofthe name "Philodendron cannifolium". http://www.exoticrainforest.com/Philodendron%20martianum%20pc.html The interesting thing about that error is it may have been caused by Dr. vonMartius for whom Philodendron martianumwas named! I do my best to explain that in the link.

If you go to this link you can see a photo of the real Philodendron variifolium which looksnothing like the plant many of us have grown using that name which is truly Philodendron brandtianum: http://www.tropicos.org/Name/2103366

I'm still trying tofind a specimen of the real Philodendronvariifolium so if any of you have a plant that looks like the theone in these photos please drop me a line.

I was able to get a short description of Philodendron variifolium from the Kew's CATE Araceae: http://www.cate-araceae.org/index.do;jsessionid=96982249A0181F1EB1E74E6CEB9841D4

LEAVES: Petiole terete, 20-25 cm long,shortly and narrowly sheathed in the lower part. Blade thinly coriaceous, shapedecidedly diverse, cordate-oblong or sagittate-oblong, rarely hastate orhastate-oblong, apex with a 1-1.5 cm long cuspid, 20-26 cm long, 6-7 cm widehalfway; posterior lobes very short and very obtuse or elongate-oblong obtuse,separated by a short, wide, very open sinus, apex curved upwards; the posteriorribs in hastate blades are weak, horizontal, curving upwards in asigmoid-curve, lateral veins of the anterior lobe all sub-equal.

If you read this closely you'll seeit does not describe the plant most growers call Philodendron variifolium.

Steve

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