Re: [Aroid-l] Philodendron stenolobum

Dear all,

I simply echo Julusīpost. Whatever you want to call all this variations of narrow-lobed (or, in latin, stenolobum) philodendron, THEY ARE NOT P. WILLIAMSII. Unfortunately, I donīt have a picture here of the real P. williamsii to post. Anyhow, all material I have seen are forms of P. stenolobum and since I do not believe in varietal names (they are almost invariably superfluous), I keep calling then P. stenolobum. If you sell them, you can add a name on this, like P. stenolobum "Ruffled-edge" or P. stenolobum "Short ears", but I canīt see any need of a binomial changing.

Very best wishes,

Eduardo.



Dr. Eduardo G. Goncalves
Universidade Catolica de Brasilia
Curso de Ciencias Biologicas
Sala M-206, QS 7, Lote 1, EPTC
CEP 72030-170, Taguatinga – DF, BRAZIL.




From: "Julius Boos" <ju-bo@msn.com>
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To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Philodendron stenolobum
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 21:18:54 +0000


<aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
Sent : Saturday, July 2, 2005 7:40 PM
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Subject : Re: [Aroid-l] Philodendron stenolobum


Dear ALl,

I still do not think you guys understand what is being said--- ALL these photos that are being discussed, plants with the longer narrower ruffled leaf blades, the long FLAT leaf blades, the slightly shorter leaf blades with or without ruffles, slightly longer lobes, slightly shorter lobes, ALL are variations from different collections throughout the range of P. stenolobum, a range FAR distant from where TRUE P. williamsii occurs. NONE of the plants being seen or discussed are a different species OR P. williamsii. Leaf shape or leaf lobe shape/length play a VERY minor role in the determination of species. ALL the plants pictured and being discussed should or will have barrel-shaped gynociums (not flask-shaped as in P. williamsii), ALL will have only 7-8 locules (not 11-12 as is found in P. williamsii) and all will fall within the anterior leaf blade ratio of P. stenolobum, so ALL will be classified as P. stenolobum, NOT another species, and NOT P. williamsii. If it rings your bells, or makes them more expensive/easier to sell, knock yourself out and give them 'cultivar' or 'var.' names, but this only confuses the issue further.
Read and understand Dr. Goncalves recent postings.

Good Growing!

Julius

Very nicely put!

As you say, some cultivated samples may tend to be
those that are "extreme" samples from the wild, and
thus are not truly representative of the "average"
look of the species (that is, the wild population may
form a  continuum of plant forms).

The pic of one of the leaves of that small plant
called "P. williamsii" shows short lobes but with
edges that are ruffled (and some of newer leaves just
coming out are starting to get even more 'wavy'):

http://www.blueboard.com/pahatan/gambar/images/2005_7_1_asj_p_stenolobum_1.jpg

I looked at pics of P. stenolobum from that paper and
they look similar in lobe shape to the short form - so
maybe it's the "long lobe" form that needs a new name
- LOL....

But, honestly, i do like the ones with longer, thinner
lobes though ;-)

--- Julius Boos <ju-bo@msn.com> wrote:

>From : a san juan <kalim1998@yahoo.com>
Reply-To : Discussion of aroids
<aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
Sent : Friday, July 1, 2005 9:21 PM
To : Discussion of aroids <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
Subject : Re: [Aroid-l] Philodendron stenolobum

Dear Friends,

Eduardo has informed us of exactly what the case is
w/ these two very different and 'good' species (see his letter of
30th, 8.18 pm, addressed to 'Tom" (Dr. Croat), but allow me one more explanation
on what might have and may still be causing some confusion.

[By the way, the leaf ratios asked for on these two
species are---"Anterior division (ratio length/width)
P. williamsii--1 - 1.5.
P. stenolobum 2.1 - 3.3.
(these are copied from Dr. Gonclaves' paper)
Other critical differences that separate these two
species documented by Dr. Goncalves in his paper are--The gynoceum (immature
fruit) in P. stenolobum is flask-shaped, while that of P. williamsii is
barrel shaped. The ovary of P. stenolobum has 11-12 locules (chambers) while
that of P. williamsii has only 7-8.]

Before Dr. Goncalves published his paper, when
word got out that the plant that we all had been refering to as P. williamsii
was going to be described as a new/good species, several collectors/growers
then assumed that only the plants with the ruffled leaf edges were this new
species ( P. stenolobum), and the plants with the not-so-long anterior lobes
and flat leaf blades must still be P. williamsii--- we were wrong! The TRUE
P. williamsii is a completely different species, seemingly not in
cultivation, rare in herbarium collections, and very different looking to
either one of the vars. of the now-new P. stenolobum, and grows FAR away
from all the different populations of the new P. stenolobum. (see
Eduardo`s recent letter on this).
So--the plants that have a very long leaf, both the
ruffled and the unruffled, ALL are TRUE P. stenolobum. Man ALWAYS
gravitates to collecting from wild populations what he views as the most
attractive or even odd members of a broard variety of either plants or
animals, it happens all the time with collectors, but true scientists collect
'down the middle', a representitive sample that illustrates the extremes
of a species. This obviously pertains to the plants under discussion,
all seen are P. stenolobum.

Julius
WPB, Florida

>>Could you give numbers for the ratios? I'm
curious,
and glad this conversation came up.<<


--- Russ <chammer@cfl.rr.com> wrote:

>
>The leaves on my 'stenolobum' are nowhere near as
>ruffled as the one in last year's Aroid show, or
the
>2 pictures I found
>of P. 'williamsii' in my Exotica. But they seem to
>be the same in narrow lobe width and proportions.
So, these are obviously >both stenolobum with a
>variation in the leaf edge. BUT, these are not the
>two opposing plants I have in mind as questionable.
The 'old williamsii' >that I'm referencing has much
>shorter, and wider lobes, and leaves are not as
>thick or stiff. They truly do not look like the
>same species. Russ>
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