Re: C. 'Fontanesii' id - Pete's id

Pete:

I checked the flowers on our C. 'Fontanesii' and indeed the spathes do 
open quite a bit wider than the C. esculenta cultivars that we grow.  
Can you direct us to an article about the C.gaoligongenis/lihengiae 
complex.  We found plants in Vietnam that seem to resemble C. 
gaoligongensis, but these look nothing like C. 'Fontanesii'.  Please, 
tell us more.

Tony Avent
Plant Delights Nursery @
Juniper Level Botanic Garden
9241 Sauls Road
Raleigh, North Carolina  27603  USA
Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F
Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F
USDA Hardiness Zone 7b
email tony@plantdelights.com
website  http://www.plantdelights.com
phone 919 772-4794
fax  919 772-4752
"I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent



Peter Boyce wrote:
> Tony,
>
> I am pretty sure that the 'Fontanesii' cultivar of C. esculenta is somewhere 
> in the gaoligongenis/lihengiae complex defined by glossy leaves and a 
> loosely stolonifeous habit combined with a short deep yellow spathe that 
> opens rather wide.
>
> Very best
>
> Peter
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tony Avent" <tony@plantdelights.com>
> To: "Discussion of aroids" <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 10:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] C. 'Fontanesii' id - Pete's id
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>
>   
>> Peter:
>>
>> I almost missed your note about C. 'Fontanesii' not being a form of C.
>> esculenta.  Sorry to open a can of worms, but if it's not C. esculenta,
>> what is it and why?
>>
>> Tony Avent
>> Plant Delights Nursery @
>> Juniper Level Botanic Garden
>> 9241 Sauls Road
>> Raleigh, North Carolina  27603  USA
>> Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F
>> Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F
>> USDA Hardiness Zone 7b
>> email tony@plantdelights.com
>> website  http://www.plantdelights.com
>> phone 919 772-4794
>> fax  919 772-4752
>> "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least 
>> three times" - Avent
>>
>>
>>
>>
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