RE: Spathiphyllum
- To: lindsey@mallorn.com
- Subject: RE: Spathiphyllum
- From: W* H* <h*@vkc.nl>
- Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 13:14:11 -0500 (CDT)
The only true small Spathiphyllum in the Dutch trade is S. floribundum.
The suggestion that S. 'Mauna Loa' is a cultivar of this species is a
notorious, yet persistent mistake.
Wilbert
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> From: Peter Boyce[SMTP:pb02kg@lion.rbgkew.org.uk]
> Reply To: aroid-l@mobot.org
> Sent: vrijdag 23 april 1999 18:06
> To: hetter@VKC.NL
> Subject: Re: Spathiphyllum
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> Geoff
>
> The very small Spath., did it look like a miniaturized S. wallisii? If
>
> so, then it's a cultivar but I don't know the name off hand. It's also
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> for sale in the UK but is sensitive.
>
> Wilbert might know what thebDutch trade is callling it (assuming
> that the stocks for sale in the UK originate from Holland).
>
> Pete
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