Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Anthurium cordifolium / grande ?, 1 by ExoticRainforest

ExoticRainforest wrote:
Thanks Scott. I have just been fortunate to develop good contacts around the world with folks who can and will share quality information. Rafaël has come through for me many times and just did it again. So far, nothing from David but I will post it once I hear from him.

Hopefully this will help to solve the little mystery presented here. The two species are distinct. This info came back from Rafaël Govaerts at the Kew in London this morning,

"First and I'm sure you have seen this already, there is a photograph of the fruit of an A.cordifolium on TROPICOS. As both species occur in Jamaica, there is a key and description of both species in the Flora of Jamaica: Adams, C.D. (1972). Flowering Plants of Jamaica: 68-69. University of the West Indies, Mona. A.cordifolium is described as having mauve berries, A. grandifolium as dark reddish-purple ones. Hope this helps, Rafaël"

I had indeed seen the photos on TROPICOS but it just didn't register until Rafaël's note came back. For anyone concerned about copyright infringement by reposting the photo, the Missouri Botanical Garden has a clearly stated photo policy on its website that all the photos can be reused provided proper credit is given. I deliberately left it intact as it appears on TROPICOS. On my own website I normally give individual credit to the photographer and in this case that credit goes to Dr. Tom Croat who offers help to all of us on a very helpful basis. Tom has always given me permission to reuse his photos with credit.

Here it is.

This message was edited Jun 2, 2010 7:51 AM