Re: Rhaphidophora Decursiva = Philodendron ?

From: Endangered Species <especies at ix.netcom.com> on 1997.01.08 at 16:16:23(71) At 06:36 PM 1/7/97 -0600, you wrote: >I finally made a visit to The Huntington yesterday. The drive from >San Diego to San Marino wasn't nearly as bad as I'd expected :). > >They had a plant that was very similar in appearance to a Monstera >Deliciosa, but the slits were deeper (almost all the way to the >center) and there were no holes. Another difference was that the >infructesence was a very pale blue, almost grey, and had a smaller >diameter than I would have expected of a M Deliciosa of that size. >I couldn't find a label, so I called today and asked for an id. >I was told that it was a Rhaphidophora Decursiva and that they come >from South East Asia. I immediately started looking for info on the >web, but all I could find was a mention in the IAS pages that >Rhaphidophora had been retired in favor of Philodendron (if I'm >reading http://www.mobot.org/IAS/genframe.html right). +More > >Does anyone out there know the "latest and greatest" name for >this plant? The person I spoke with was Kathy at (818)405-2163. >I asked if they could be included in the plant sale they have >on the 3rd Sunday in May and she said she would pass my interest >on to the person who decides what to propagate. If you are also >interested, I would encourage calling the Huntington as well. >Currently it is far from definite that the species will be included >and perhaps if more people called they would not only be more >likely to include it, but be more active in propagating. >I counted 6 infructusences without moving any foliage, so they >have a lot of seed. Perhaps they'd be willing to sell some seed? >The indications I got were that they don't sell seed anymore, >but maybe if there was enough interest... If anyone knows of >any other sources, I'd be interested. > >Thanks, >Todd Ruth >truth@qualcomm.com >truth@ucsd.edu > > > I believe I have that plant R. decursiva. I obtained it from Jack Craig some years ago when he came in from indonesia. It had no name, but using Exotica as the best place I could think of, I decided it was R decursiva. Also I thought at the time that R. was the asiatic form of what is Phildendro in our pandmass. I am pretty sure from your description that this is the same plant. It gorws very well once it is established. I have not had viable seeed, but I hack the plant to bits and root them in gal pots every now and then, but nobody shows any interest in them commercially. That doesn't stop me! Hermine

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