tropical intro & things

[Paul Christian]

Hi Wilbert,

I can scan them here and post them at my web site if you wish. Anyone can
look, no strings etc. etc. :-))

You sound to have a fascinating number of tropical Arisaema, trouble is I
have never heard of them.  Any one else going to stick a knowledgeable
phalloid into this lot.

At 14:49 12/03/97 +0100, you wrote:
>Hello AEG-ers (that includes me),
>
>I know, I know, I shouldn't stick my phalloid nose into Arisaema matters
>but I may have some interesting things to report. Material that reaches
>me for the Amorphophallus collection occasionally contains Arisaemas, and
>we're talking tropical species here. So far I have had flowering A. scorte-
>chinii, A. ?kunstleri (-ish), A. anomalum, several clones of A. filiforme,
>A. laminatum, A. umbrinum, stuff like that. Nothing much interesting, eh?
>
>Anyway, I have made several photos of most of these and think it would be
interesting to have these available on the net in some place. Who of you has
an idea?
>Who can/wants to scan etc.? I'm impartial. I also have several photos of
>temperate species that may be added to somebody's page. Whatever you guys 'n
>dolls prefer.
>
>Today I have an Arisaema flowering collected in ba Vi, in North Vietnam. Looks
>like a copy of Ar. tortuosum........... That sounds a bit too eastward for
>that species. maybe it is Ar. heterophyllum or Ar. saxatile, or anything
>similar. Sounds like your opinion is wanted and this could also best be done
>via the Net with photos.
>
>Cheers, Wilbert
>
>
Paul :-))
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