[aroid-l] Anthurium polyschistum / Polystichum

In a message dated 8/27/2002 8:16:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
hohe@symphony.net.au writes:

> as far as I know , it really is  'polyschistum'...  I'm guessing (via a
> dictionary - I'm not a classical scholar) that the name comes from
> classical Greek  'polu-' (many) and 'skhistos' (divided), perhaps
> referring to the divided leaves.
> Meanwhile there is also Polystichum, the genus name of the shield fern /
> Christmas fern which you might be familiar with? (I once grew, and
> killed, one of those - about the same time as I did the same to the poor
> Anth. polyschistum.)

g'day, eugene and everybody,

yes, i'm familiar with the fern Polystichum and i've killed P. tsus-simense 
twice already.  for some reason i have seen that Anthurium labeled as 
polystichum but i guess that was mislabelled.

i've seen A. polyschistum grown at our local botanical gardens and it's a 
small anthurium.  i'm currently growing one plant that i bought from 
ecuagenera (ecuador) at the ny orchid show, which has much larger fronds; 
also they are light green rather than a dark green.  could this still be 
polyschistum or a different species, does anyone know?
 
tsuh yang CHEN in NY
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