Re: [aroid-l] Anthurium regale

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at msn.com> on 2003.01.29 at 10:29:34(9896) Dear Tom, Thanks for this positive I.D. to a wonderful Anthurium species that has intrigued many of us for many years! I first saw this HUGE plant (then called Anthurium 'xanthosomafolia') in the late Dr. Monroe Birdsey`s collection, in fact we examined this same plant and discussed it on several occasions while visiting Monroe, then at one of the IAG show and sales quite a few years ago my friend Dave Deloach had an almost-adult specmen of this stolen from out of the main hall during the day! We never did figure out how the thief got it away from the table and out of the room, though not fully grown to adult size, it was a BIG plant, perhaps 3' tall by 4 1/2' wide!! Then we discussed this same species of Anthurium on the aroid-L a while ago when we were debating which aroid and plant had the largest leaf (a palm was the winner!). For those who may not have seen this amazing plant, it has short petioles, is very compact-growing, has many huge, all-green rounded-cordate-shaped almost bullate leaves with a thick texture like dry cardboard! It is said to occur naturally in dry, rocky areas of Mexico (Tom??) Anyone w/ LOTS of greenhouse space or a Botanical Garden-like setting should own one of these. We are fortunate that one of our members, Dewey Fisk, [araceae@earthlink.net ] sometimes has seed or seedlings for sale, he managed to get his parent plants from Dr. Birdsey before sadly Monroe passed away! If anyone is interested, drop him a line PRIVATELY and he may be able to assist you in obtaining one of these beauties! Good Growing All, Julius +More W.P.B., Florida >>Julius: That would be Anthurium faustomirandae P?rez-Farrera & Croat. It was published in Novon 11(1): 88-91. 2001. It is true that it is pretty large, up to 130 cm long and 135 cm wide, and it is one of the most coriaceous of species. I love the plant. Tom << -----Original Message----- Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 3:06 PM To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Anthurium regale ----- Original Message ----- To: Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 1:05 PM Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Anthurium regale Dear Tom, What is the now-correct name for that HUGE, all-green, cordate-leaf species from Mexico (?) that Monroe used to have, and that Dewey now has plants of? I believe it used to be called A. Xanthosomafolia or somesuch?? Now THAT is a wonderful, HUGE plant! The leaves have the texture of cardboard! I believe that Dewey has plants and seeds of this for sale from time to time! Julius >>Peter: It would certainly not be the longest leaf since I suspect that that honor might go to Anthurium pseudospectabile Croat (blades in my description says 1.5 m long but I suspect that my plant in the Climatron has longer blades). In terms of width it would probably be the largest Anthurium in cultivation. It would never get this large in the wild though. Tom -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 6:54 PM To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Anthurium regale Hi Everybody, Anth. regale created quite a good response in the discussion group and everybody looks for seeds of course including myself. As a matter of interest is this one of the biggest Anthuriums or are there much bigger one`s around? And if there are bigger ones what are they? Best Regards Peter > >

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