Re: Stromanthe sanguinea "Tricolor"

Funny you should mention that Donna.  Asters are the latest thing on the hit
list - most have been transferred to Eurybia or Symphyotrichum.  New England
Aster (such as 'Alma Potschke') is now Symphyotrichum novae-angliae; the
White Wood Aster, pka Aster divaricatus, is now Eurybia divaricata.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 8:39 PM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Stromanthe sanguinea "Tricolor"


> Can't say I know a darn thing about your plant.. but it sure is pretty! :)
>
> I also would like to comment on plant names. It absolutely drives me
insane
> that they keep changing them. I understand that now a days the DNA proves
it
> no longer belongs in that family or other reasons. But I really feel that
> the once 'proper' botanical or latin name are getting just as bad as
common
> names. Everyone is calling the same plant by another name as the
population
> learns its new 'proper' name. Sorry Kitty, but I just don't have the time
to
> keep up on every name change like you do, and I appreciate the fact that
you
> do and keep us informed.
>
> So the underlining thought process here... are they messing with us, like
> OH.. (as you look at the entry in a catalog).. this must be some new
> offering and I should buy it.... marketing... hum...
>
>
> Donna
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf Of james singer
> > Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 3:14 PM
> > To: Chat
> > Subject: [CHAT] Stromanthe sanguinea "Tricolor"
> >
> > I had one of those fun mornings. We've got a cold front blowing
> > through, so I spent much of the AM right here trying to ID a plant.
> > It's a plant that someone convinced our retail folks that it's a
> > ginger--Peppermint Ginger, they call it. The nursery people put some in
> > a big pot in the landscape office atrium. I suppose to acquaint the
> > landscape sales-design staff with it. Fortunately, or not, I recognized
> > the plant.
> >
> > My first wife's father was a house plant grower in Southern California
> > and for the 2 years preceding his death, I was his salesman. This was
> > one of the plants he grew; the 1902 edition of Bailey's "Cyclopedia of
> > Horticulture" [our only reference] called it Maranta tricolor.There are
> > significant differences between the Marantaecae and Zingberaceae
> > families.
> >
> > It's no longer Maranta tricolor--and, I guess, hasn't been for a long
> > time; at least I didn't find any listings for that name. But I sure
> > took the grand tour of the Calathea and Maranta genuses looking for,
> > first, photos and, second, plant societies. I found no photos that
> > resembled the plant and no plant societies. Finally it dawned on me
> > [duh] to go to Dave's Garden's data base and search on "Marantaecae"
> > because that data base includes family names and many, if not most,
> > entries have pictures.
> >
> > Well, it did, and the match was simple. Like, Eureka! It's new moniker
> > is "Stromanthe sanguinea 'Tricolor'." So I added my picture to the data
> > base. If you'd like to see it, it can be accessed at
> >
> > http://davesgarden.com/pdb/showimage/61454/
> >
> > The cultural requirements for the plant are scary--no sun, no temps
> > below 60, lots of humidity. A ginger it's not. But stunning under the
> > right conditions, it is.
> >
> > I don't know if there's a picture of it in A2Z [mine's at work], but if
> > it is it will be interesting to see what it has to say about it;
> > there's also a plain-jane green one with darker green markings.
> >
> > Island Jim
> > Southwest Florida
> > 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> > Zone 10a
> > Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> >
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