Re: [aroid-l] Pycnospatha arietina

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Peter C Boyce 
  To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu 
  Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 2:29 AM
  Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Pycnospatha arietina


  Dear Pete,

  I thought (I was mistaken!) that Nancy was asking about the second species of Pycnospatha, (P. palmata from the North, discussed in Bogner (1993c) )?), but I am not certain if this is still a 'good' species.    I was not aware that there was this variation in the two populations of P. arietina you mention, interesting stuff!
  Hopefully Wilber will enlighten us somewhat further!  

  The Best,

  Julius


  >>Hi Nancy

  In the wild plants from the monsoonal east are smaller in all their
  vegetative dimensions and the leaf divisions are finer and, well, more
  divided. The largest plants I have seen from th east are a shade under 1.5
  metres tall in mature leaf.

  Plants from the per-humid south are very robust -  I have seen them with
  leaves to 3 metres tall with a blade 1.5 metres in diameter. I known that
  Wilbert has plants from the south and I am pretty sure that he also has
  plants from the east, perhaps he could comment whether these size and leaf
  division observations from the wild remain stable, or not, in cultivation.

  Hope this is if interest

  Pete



  ----- Original Message -----
  From: <Mitsukiwi@aol.com>
  To: <aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu>
  Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 1:58 AM
  Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Pycnospatha arietina


  > Hi Peter,
  >      Thank you for your interesting information.  Can you tell me if the
  > leaves or appearance are the same on both types?  Hmmm...I wonder which
  type I
  > have!!!  :)
  >      Thanks so much again!
  >
  > Nancy
  >
  >
  > > Hi Nancy
  > >
  > > Although I cannot add anything to the advice given by these excellent
  > > growers that have responded to your question, I can add one small
  > > observation about P. arietina in the wild. There appear to be two
  habitat
  > > types. In SE Thailand P. arietina occurs in either permanently damp and
  > > humid evergreen forest while in central E Thailand it is most often in
  > > seasonally dry grassland/woodland margins.
  > >
  > > Peter
  > >
  > >
  >
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