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Homalomena & Plant evaluation programs...

During my Christmas-New Years wanderings in the midwest I can across 
Homalomena 'Red Velvet' in a greenhouse at the Indianapolis Botanical 
Garden which is located at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. I have been 
trying to track down a specific species for 'Red Velvet' with no luck. If 
anyone knows such information please send it my way. Here is what I know 
so far...

Homalomena is a member of the Araceae family and is best grown as a house 
plant although perhaps in southern California or some other subtropical 
Medit-Plant area could be used as an outdoor plant in a sheltered 
location. Its size and leaf shape is reminescent of one of the smaller 
Spathiphyllum cultivars. The leaves however have an undulating edge plus 
rich red-green undersides. New growth is also a rich red-green which 
slowly fades to a lightly reddish tinted green leaf. It appears to be 
easily to divide and given proper conditions appears to be a fast growing 
plant. Being a lover of foliage plants I immediately had to have one!

One other train of thought...recently the 'Green Scenes' magazine ran a 
long article on the plant evaluation and award program that the 
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society sponsors for evaluation and promoting 
superior plants for the Philadelphia larger urban area. I would like to 
hear about what plant evaluation and plant award programs are available 
for Medit-Plants in different regions of the world. Who is the sponsoring 
organization, how is the program run and who can I contact for some snail 
mail literature on a specific program? Any info is deeply appreciated. As 
diverse as we Medit-Plant folks are, I certainly would love to hear what 
the hot new plants and the well established superior plants are in the 
different Medit regions of the world.

Thanks,
Ernie

"Adapt,Migrate or Die"
 -  Hal Magarian, 1967

Ernie G. Wasson
Horticulturist
in the Berkeley-Oakland hills
Sunset Zone 16/17, USDA Zone 9/10
"All Plants Considered" column at www.gardens.com
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