Re: [Aroid-l] 'Santa Leopoldina'-last comment

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From : 	Bluesea <chammer@cfl.rr.com>

Reply-To : 	Discussion of aroids <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
Sent : 	Saturday, February 24, 2007 5:50 PM
To : 	Discussion of aroids <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
Subject : 	Re: [Aroid-l] Philodendron 'Santa Leopoldina'

Well put, well said, Russ, ESPECIALLY paragraph two! I am in total

agreement, but wish the 'Santa Leopoldina' could just be diminished or even

dropped, as has little or no 'legitimacy' since the publication of P.

spiritus-sancti.

But I BET this does not put and end to the 'debate'!!  :--)

Julius

Based on the photos I've seen of P. spiritus-sancti ('Santa Leopoldina')

and all the other philodendrons erroneously called 'Santa Leopoldina',

there can be no mistaking the real thing based on the strikingly narrow

leaf blade length to width ratio. To my mind the only philodendron that

can legitimately be called 'Santa Leopoldina' is the one the Brazilian

locals have endeared with this name for perhaps centuries. And that plant

is P. spiritus-sancti.

There is no argument whatever to be made regarding 'first publishing rights'

of the name 'Santa Leopoldina' since it is not a scientific name under the

control of botanical nomenclature.

In any case, those who have labeled these various species and hybrids with

the name are in error, including Graf. The name 'Santa Leopoldina' comes

originally from the Brazilian people of the P. spiritus-sancti habitat, they

coined it for this particular plant, so it cannot be placed on any other

philodendron. I do understand there are a couple of forms of

spiritus-sancti with minor physical differences, such as reddish reverse.

But almost without exception, the philodendrons being erroneously called

'Santa Leopoldina' have little physical similarity to the real

spiritus-sancti, and can be dismissed very easily.

Russ
central Florida

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