Re: Books on aroids and tropicals

From: "Julius Boos" <ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 1998.05.28 at 12:44:22(2200) This fantastic and MOST informative volume is THE difinitive work on the GENERA (not SPECIES!) of ALL known ariods. If one requires information on SPECIES, then one has to look further afield, in volumes such as Deni Bown`s "Aroids-Plants of the aroid family" (now sadly out of print). If one is interested in the genus Arum, then Peter boyce`s wonderful volume on this genus is available. For other genera, one must search one`s BUTT off for information from obscure publications (back issues of Aroideana come to mind). And last but not least, we can do it ourselves by growing, observing and publishing papers on these little-known plants. As one of us noted, new finds are being recorded every day! The fruit and seeds of Pseudohydrosme are no longer unknown, as was said in "the bible", and Zomicarpella sometimes produces up to three infloresences (not only one or two) in each floral sympodium (pers. observation). Let us all be VERY thankful that this group of plants has remained little studied and relatively unknown untill now, which affords US the opportunity to observe and make new discoveries every day we grow them, and that a great void has been filled by The genera of Aroids. Julius +More ju-bo@msn.com

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