Jingdongense

[Gusman Guy]

I also bought a tuber of "A. jingdongense" - probably from the same source - that appeared to be a small form of a SINARISAEMA, which has nothing to do with A. jingdongense. According to H. Peng & H. Li who described the species, it should have a yellow spathe without stripes and the appendix is short and orange yellow.
I never saw this species in the trade.
Best wishes.
Guy

>Hi all, need some help. I bought a tuber of what was described as jingdongense, 'a perfect minature'. Now that it has flowered, the colour of the flower is not as described by Guy as sulphur yellow but more like consanguineum subsp. kelung-insulare in colour. A desciption follows;
>Pseudostem - 25cm
>Petiole - 13cm
>Leaflets - 11, 11.5cm long, 1cm wide, acuminate - short point. Edges not wavy.
>Peduncle - 4cm
>Spathe tube - 6cm long, 1cm wide. Pale green, white stripes
>Spathe appendix - 4cm long, 3.5 cm wide at widest point
>Spathe mouth - recurved, 2cm wide
>Spadix cylindrical, female + neuters. Pale green.
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>Can jingdongense be pale green, white stripes in colour and is it really this small?
>I can e-mail a photo to anyone who would like to see it.
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>Martin
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