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From: "Steve Marak"
To: "Aroid list"
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 1:07 AM
Subject: [Aroid-l] New aroid in western Australia?
> I've seen several web hits today on this topic, all of which seem to wind
> up at the same text. The articles all call the plant an "arum lily", don't
> give a genus or other botanical information, say that it was found in the
> Kimberly region by Matthew Barrett (Perth's Kings Park & Botanic Garden)
> along with other various new species in that remote area, and that the
> infloresence smells of burnt electrical wire.
>
> Here's a representative link:
>
> http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/new-lily-found-in-kimberley-smells-like-burnt-electrics/story-e6frg14u-1225991862095
>
> The picture is *an* aroid, but no idea if it's that aroid; one of the
> other articles showed a picture of Zantedeschia aethiopica with the same
> text.
>
> Anyone happen to know more about this? I dug through the KP&BG web site a
> bit but didn't find anything.
>
> Steve
>
> -- Steve Marak
> -- samarak@gizmoworks.com
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