Re: Large leaf plants
- Subject: Re: Large leaf plants
- From: Doobieous d*@yahoo.com
- Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:48:53 -0800 (PST)
--- Jason D <jjuania@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Of course there are all those exquisite Hawaiian
> Lobelioids (Delissea, Cyanea, Rollandia, Clermontia
> Lobelia, Trematolobelia and Brighamia)... probably a
> few of which are adaptable to irrigated, humid, mild
> gardens, but most endangered or extinct. I've seen
> Brighamia at UCLA, in Los Angeles, as well as in
> streetside gardens in Waikiki (dry and warm). Some
> genera are adapted to drier high- or low-altitude
> habitats (otherwise, many are mid-altitude
> rainforest
> plants).
Something i've noticed is, Island flora seems to tend
toward rosettes on top of long stalks. I've seen it
with the silversword alliance (descended from the
Tarweeds), Lobelias in the African Highlands and
Hawaii, Echiums from the Islands off of Africa. Is
this a typical "island" trait of plants that have
evolved from mainland forms?
