Re: ID please?

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Hi Peter,

What is red in this plant, that it's named "rubra"? Spathes?

Marek

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Boyce" <botanist@malesiana.com>
To: "Discussion of aroids" <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] ID please?

> Hi Sheldon,
>
> This is Homalomena rubra, a Javan endemic, now in t/c in a few places
>
> Very best
>
> Pete
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sheldon Hatheway" <sfhatheway@yahoo.com>
> To: "Steve Marak" <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 9:57 AM
> Subject: [Aroid-l] ID please?
>
>
>> Hi, all!!
>>
>> I was meandering through the floral section of our local supermarket the
>> other day and happened upon the attached plant.  Never having seen this
>> one in real life before I thought I would ask the clerk what it was.
>>
>> Clerk (reading generic label):  That's easy.  It's a 6" tropical foliage.
>> Me (trying to look patient):  I already know that.  I wanted to know what
>> KIND of 6" tropical foliage.
>> Clerk (looking uneasy): Uh . . . I don't know . . . uh . . . GREEN?
>> Me (heaving great sigh): Thank you ever so much for your help.  I'll take
>> it.
>>
>> Now someone please tell me what this 6" tropical foliage plant is.  I 
>> know
>> it's an aroid because of the flowers which you can barely see and which
>> are completely closed.  Is it a Homalomena or something like that?
>>
>> Thanks much for your help.
>>
>> Sheldon Hatheway
>> Canby OR  zone 7B
>>
>> PS:  Ignore the water spots on the leaves.  I'll clean those up after I
>> chop (oops, I mean carefully dissect) it into its component pieces to 
>> make
>> a bunch more of whatever it is.
>>
>>
>>
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