Re: Anthurium fornicifolium root plants

**D* M* <l*@wi.rr.com>**

The term fornication derives from the Latin fornix, which means archway; the vaulted arches of churches are called fornications. The term gained its sexual connotation because prostitutes in Rome often solicited business from the archways of buildings.

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> fornicifoilum - with arched leaves - fornix - arched or vaulted
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> Best to all
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> On Tue, 25 Apr 2023 at 07:43, D. Christopher Rogers <branchiopod@gmail.com <b*@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hiyer, Dylan!
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> That is strange. I wonder if the specific epithet "fornicifolium" is in any way reflective of that phenomenon. How big are the adult plants? How big does a plant have to be to do this? It looks like you are growing the plant in a hanging basket: do you see anything like this in potted specimens?
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> Happy days,
> Christopher
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> On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 at 19:47, Hannon <othonna@gmail.com <o*@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hello all,
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> Here is a strange phenomenon in Anthurium fornicifolium, where plantlets sprout directly from aerial roots. Is there any published info about aroids doing this, or experiences of other growers?
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> Kind regards,
> Dylan Hannon
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> "The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add an useful plant to its culture…" --Thomas Jefferson
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> On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 at 10:03, D. Christopher Rogers <branchiopod@gmail.com <b*@gmail.com>> wrote:
> To any and all: please send more gratuitous aroid images. They will generate good and useful conversations. I am in an airport right now, heading to the Great Basin Desert for field work. When I am at my hotel I will send images as well.
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> Happy days,
> Christopher
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> On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 at 11:37, Jessica Holbrook <iam@jessholbrook.com <i*@jessholbrook.com>> wrote:
> Beautiful Peter! Perhaps my eyes are failing me, so I apologize, but what is this Bucep growing on? Is that a tree or a rock? 😂 I can’t tell. Gratuitous aroids welcome! 
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> On Sun, Apr 23, 2023 at 01:41 ‪Peter Boyce‬ <phymatarum@gmail.com <p*@gmail.com>> wrote:
> I wholeheartedly agree with @Bernhard on how welcome is the renewed traffic on Aroid-l. The amount of supermarket hybrid white noise on FB is becoming quite intolerable.
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> Here's a gratuitous aroid: Bucephalandra kerangas at the Type locality.
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> Sarawak greetings!
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> Peter
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