From: Todd Ruth <truth at weber.ucsd.edu> on 1997.03.20 at 00:29:00(514)
Well, I took the previous posts, info. Tom Croat sent me, and everything
I could get out of the Sunset Western Garden Book and made an html
formatted document. Qualcomm isn't allowing the creation of new web
pages right now, so I can't put it up anywhere, put I'll include it
at the end of this message. I think it is fairly readable, even though
it's filled with tags. If you save this message and cut off the top,
you can view the rest with lynx or netscape or whatever. If anyone
has any additional info. or corrections to what's here, please let
me know! Much thanks to those who have provided info allowing what's
here so far!
Thanks,
Todd
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PS "SWGB zones" listed are quite different from the standard zones.
Zones 8 and 9 are the cold-air basins and thermal belts of
California's Central valley. Zone 12 is Arizona's Intermediate
Desert. Zone 13 is Low Desert - Mildest of Desert Winters.
Zone 14 is North. Calif. Inland areas w/ occasional ocean influence.
Zones 15 - 19 have typical winter lows of 18 - 25 F and Zones 20 - 24
have typical winter lows of 23 or higher. I can't describe their
zones in a few sentences because they involve many factors.
Hopefully, that at least gives you some idea of what is meant.
Philodendron Info.
All need to start warm and humid. Entries which do not contain
a line regarding species name are labelled in agreement with
the current practice among taxonomists. SWGB = Sunset Western
Gargen Book. This is a great book for the garden, but does not
specialize in aroids, so I'd especially like confirmation on
anything with SWGB next to it below. I've left obvious misnomers
in SWGB notes in place because they concern morphollogical differences.
I've heard that the difference between arborescent and self-heading
is in the eye of the beholder, but I've included the distinction anyway.
adamantinum
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $15
- Size: Medium
- Notes: Needs strong light. May handle less water
"Angra dos Rios"
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $16
- Species name: ???
barryi
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $25
- Species name: Hybrid of bipinnatifidum and selloum (SWGB)
- Form: Arborescent (SWGB)
- SWGB zones: 15-24
- Notes (SWGB): Big leaves, deeply lobed and cut, with red veins
underneath.
bipinattifidum
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $8
- Form: Arborescent
- Size: Large
- SWGB zones: 15-24
- Notes: Can handle strong light. May need limestone powder.
- Notes (SWGB): Similar to P. selloum, but carries more leaves
at a time, and has more deeply and evenly cut leaves with
reddish veins. Next to P. selloum, the hardiest for outdoor use.
colombianum
cordatum(oxycardium)
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $15
- Form: Vining
- Species name: P. cordatum is a Brazilian species but since he
is using the name P. oxycardium in () perhaps it is just what
was was untill recently called P. scandens.
- Size: Small
crassihyrzum
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $20
- Species name: ???
crassinervium
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $18
- Size: Small/fragile
eichleri
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $50
- Species name: undulatum (Mayo)
- Form: Arborescent (SWGB)
- Size: Large
- SWGB zones: 20-24
- Notes: Can handle strong light. May need limestone powder.
- Notes (SWGB): Giant elephant-ear leaves to 4 ft. or more in
length, scalloped and shallowly lobed rather than deeply cut.
erubescens
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $15
- Form: Vining (SWGB)
- Notes (SWGB): Leaves 9 in. long, arrow-shaped, reddish beneath,
dark green edged with copper above, on reddish leaf stalks.
evansii
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $25
- Species name: Hybrid of bipinnatifidum and speciosum
- Form: Arborescent (SWGB)
- Size: Large
- SWGB zones: 20-24
- Notes (SWGB): The elephant-ear lobes are scalloped and ruffled,
but not deeply cut. Leaves on mature plants may read 4-5 ft. long.
eximium
cymbispathum
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $20
- Species name: brasiliense (?)
- Notes: Aquatic plant usually growing along river banks or marshes
giganteum
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $40
- Size: Large
grandifolium
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $40
- Size: Large
hastatum
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $15
- Form: Vining (SWGB)
- Notes (SWGB): Fairly fast, open growth. Leaves 1 ft. long,
arrow-shaped, rich green. Subject to leaf spot if kept too
warm and moist. Plants sold as P. 'Hastatum Rubrum' may be
P. erubescens or hybrids of it.
imbe
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $8
- Form: Vining (SWGB)
- Notes: Can handle less water
- Notes (SWGB): Foot-long, narrow, arrow-shaped leaves held well out
from plant horizontally. Rich green above, reddish beneath.
lundii
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $12
- Species name: bipinattifidum (Mayo)
- Size: Large
- Notes: Can handle strong light. May need limestone powder.
- Notes (SWGB): Compact variety of selloum.
mello-barretoanum
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $35
- Species name: bipinattifidum (Mayo)
- Size: Large
- Notes: Can handle strong light. May need limestone powder.
myrmecophyllum
ornatum
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $20
- Size: Large
pittieri
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $30
- Species name: This name is a synonym of P. hederaceum but has
long been used erroneously for P. microstictum.
pseudoradiatum
rubrinervum
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $15
- Species name: ???
sagittatum
saxicolum
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $30
- Size: Medium
- Notes: Needs strong light. May handle less water
selloum
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $9
- Species name: bipinattifidum (Mayo)
- Form: Arborescent
- Size: Large
- SWGB zones: 8, 9, 12-24
- Notes: Can handle strong light. May need limestone powder.
- Notes (SWGB): Hardiest of the big-leafed philodendrons used
outdoors. Leaves to 3 ft. long, deeply cut. The variety
'Lundii' is more compact.
selloum var. Sao Paulo
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $12
- Species name: bipinattifidum (Mayo)
- Form: Arborescent
- Size: Large
- SWGB zones: 20-24
- Notes: Can handle strong light. May need limestone powder.
- Notes (SWGB): Like P. selloum, but with leaf segments more
frilled; leaves are flatter, less cupped.
selloum var. Uruguay
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $12
- Species name: bipinattifidum (Mayo)
- Form: Arborescent
- Size: Large
- Notes: Can handle strong light. May need limestone powder.
sellowianum
speciosum
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $40
- Size: Large
- Notes: May handle cold
subhastatum
tuxla
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $20
- Species name: ???
undulatum
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $35
- Size: Large
- Notes: Can handle strong light. May need limestone powder.
wendlandii
- Cost per 1000 seeds: $35
- Form: Self-heading
- Notes (SWGB): Compact clusters of a dozen or more foot-long,
broadly lance-shaped leaves of deep green on short, broad stalks.
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