Re: Philodendron 'Tahiti'

From: "Dr. Tom Croat" Thomas.Croat at mobot.org> on 2001.04.28 at 03:38:30(6288) Dear Dan & Bob: I have not seen this but I will put your inquiry as well as my own comments out on Aroid-L. This plant was no doubt produced in Florida, probably by Oglesby or Agristarts or possibly Weyerhauser. The problem is that these that most of these things are either sports or some secret elaborate parentage that they would probably want to keep secret. Denis Rotolante grows a lot of such things and he might be familiar with it. From what you said about the possible parentage it sounds like a wild hybrid that has been cloned. More later. Tom +More On 27 Apr 01, at 15:00, Dan Nicolson wrote: Date sent: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 15:00:23 -0400 Copies to: "Robert DeFilipps" Subject: Re: Philodendron 'Tahiti' Not sure how to do this. Try the International Aroid Society: www.aroid.org. They have something called Aroid-L where one can ask a question like this and, maybe, get an answer. Alternatively e-mail Tom Croat Dan >>> Robert DeFilipps - 27/04/2001 1:25 PM >>> 27 April 2001 Dear Dan: I recently purchased 3 hanging baskets of a vigorous non-self-heading vine called Philodendron 'Tahiti' from a Washington plant shop. Do you know of some way I could find out the parental species of this plant, such as a registry or directory of philodendrons? I believe it is quite recently introduced in the plant trade. Purple petioles, no sterigmata, leaves deeply lobed like a combination of pinnatifida and mule-faced philodendron. Thanks very much indeed. Bob.

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