From: golf strategies - international golf course architects <golfstra at cyvox.net.au> on 1998.06.11 at 13:30:55(2271)
Bob Riffle wrote:
>
> Mike, in my experience the leaves of P. selloum are undamaged by
> anything above about 26'F., but the trunk (if the plant has formed
> one) will survive about 22'F., and the root will resprout from
> as low a temp as 18'F .... sometimes .
>
> HAS ANYONE IN THIS AUDIENCE EVER GROWN the spiny-trunked P.
> mello-barretoanum, if that's still a valid binomial!
Dear Bob...my understanding is that Mayo synonymised P.mello-barretoanum
under P. bipinnatifidum in his revision of the subgenus Meconostigma.
As I'm at work I don't have a copy here to check but that's what my
memory tells me. I have only seen photos of this plant but they do seem
pretty different plants to my amateur eye. I would dearly love to obtain
a plant or some seeds...any one out there who could help?
I'll check with my copy of Mayo and report back tomorrow!
regards Neil
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