On 22 May 00, at 11:47, Chris Tyrell wrote:
Date sent: Mon, 22 May 2000 11:47:00 -0800
Subject: Araceae
To:
Copies to: Dwight Koss
Hello Mr. Croat,
I got your name from the staff of the LA County Arboretum to whom I had
posed a question. I am not a knowledgeable plant person, I am a lay admirer
of the floral world, that's all. I love to go to gardens.
While in LA, behind a friend's hotel, I saw a huge split-leaf philadendron
(monstrosa?) which had numerous "pods" with points at the top of a growing
shoot. Our of one protruded a long, white, smooth and fleshy thing - a huge
vcersion of that thing that sticks out of antheriums (?). Happily, I was
motivated to touch it, and to my amazement it was HOT!!!
The staff at the arboretum told me I might be able to find out from you how
that plant produces the heat and why. Is there something a lay person could
read about heat production in arcacaea?
Chris Tyrell
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