From: Paul Tyerman tyerman at dynamite.com.au> on 2000.10.20 at 13:08:43(5575)
Howdy All,
Just a little more on this green Zant. The friend who is growing it
assures me that it is NOT a faded flower. She was checking the plant
regularly because she had recently planted it out from a pot, then suddenly
realised that it was flowering. There was definitely no other colour at
any time on the flower.
Also we realised today that it is obviously some sort of form of
Zantedeschia aethopica as it and Green Goddess are in flower along with
this green, but the other miniature Zants are only just starting to emerge.
Unfortunately as it is only recently out of a pot I cannot yet determine
it's proper size. It was planted out around 6 weeks ago, and the whole
plant (including flowers) is only around a foot high.
I hope I'm not boring people, just trying to track as many facts down as
possible to see whether we have something interesting on our hands, or
something mundane.
Cheers.
Paul Tyerman
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At 11:58 14/10/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Ray,
>
>This is the colour of the flower, not the effect as the flower ages.
>According to the owner she thought all along that it was just a leaf and
>then suddenly realised that it was a flower instead. Then the second
>flower emerged and matched it. Exactly the same colour as the leaf. Has
>never been any other colour. The spadix in the one I opened out was still
>fresh, rather than aged or setting seed. Still had pollen on it, so it
>certainly wasn't an "old" flower.
>
>I have no way of accessing either of the documents that you mentioned, nor
>would I know where to look.
>
>The plot thickens eh?
>
>Cheers.
>
>Paul Tyerman
>(Canberra, Australia)
>
>At 08:42 14/10/00 -0500, you wrote:
>>Paul,
>>
>>Did you watch the flowers develop? Many Zantedeschia have inflorescences
>>that match
>>your description as the flower matures. For species in section Aestivae,
>>the entire
>>spathe turns leaf-green and the spathe furls tightly, and there is often
>>a whitish patch at the interior base. The next step is for the flowering
>>stem to bend downward until the inflorescence touches the ground.
>>
>>Both ssp. of Z. albomaculata, Z. elliotiana, Z. jucunda, Z. pentlandii,
>>Z. rehmanii, and Z. valida
>>comprise this section.
>>
>>You'd could have a new hort. variety if the green color is there from the
>>beginning of blooming and persists
>>throughout the blooming period although some Z. rehmanii come close to
>>this.
>>
>>You might want to read these two papers on Zantedeschia. Both have
>>excellent keys and the latter
>>has beautiful colored photos as part of the key.
>>
>>Singh, Y., Van Wyk, A.E. & Baijnath, H. 1996. Taxonomic notes on the
>>genus Zantedeschia Spreng. (Araceae) in southern Africa. S. Af. J. Bot.
>>62(6): 321-324.
>>
>>Singh, Y., Van Wyk, A.E. & Baijnath, H. 1995. Know your arums: a
>>comprehensive guide to the genus Zantedeschia. Veld Flora 81: 54-55.
>>
>>Ray
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