Re: black anthurium ?

From: Albert Huntington balberth at yahoo.com> on 2001.09.25 at 14:51:55(7541) Hello Lyn, If you're talking about an anthurium with a flower that looks superficially like A. andreanum, but having a deep purple to almost black spathe, yes, such a beast does in fact exist. Speculation when the list last discussed it ( search the archives at http://www.mallorn.com/lists/aroid-l/ ) was that it is Anthurium cabrerense Engler from Colombia. +More I am growing a couple of them with only moderate success, and I have not had them flower for me yet. Apparently, they like the temperature fairly cool, which is difficult for most of us to provide year round. Tito Wee has a picture up at the bottom of this page: http://www.dragonagro.com/dapanthurium.htm Anthurium watermaliense is also sometimes refered to as "black anthurium", but the infloresence is not as impressive. A picture and description can be seen at http://www.aroid.org/genera/Anthurium/pachyneurinum/watermal.html --Albert --- Lyn Edwards wrote: > I have just acquired a plant sold to me as a black anthurium ===== Albert Huntington San Jose, CA U.S.A. Visit my greenhouse at: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Jungle/1436 ----------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

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