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  Re: [Aroid-l] P. saxicolum
From: Peter Boyce <phymatarum at googlemail.com> on 2012.01.25 at 05:50:49(22527)
Hi Enid,

All I can tell you is that it is Philodendron saxicola. and not saxicolum. -cola, the noun to dwell is here used in apposition (i.e., as an adjective) and doesn't agree with the gender of the genus. The same is true for Arum rupicola, Anthurium amnicola, etc.

Pete

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