I'm starting to get really impressed with this P. bipinnatifidum hybrid that I bought from Brian Williams awhile back as P. adamantinum (obviously, it isn't this species).... It's got very shiny leaves that writhe and curl all over...more so than the first pic below.... http://www.blueboard.com/pahatan/gambar/images/2008_6_28_asj_unk_d1140.jpg http://www.blueboard.com/pahatan/gambar/images/2008_6_28_asj_unk_d1139.jpg And it also has a very stout stem it looks like, more than 10 cm diameter already... http://www.blueboard.com/pahatan/gambar/images/2008_6_28_asj_unk_d1142.jpg As it gets bigger I think it'll really look arresting...a shiny show stopper....
Very interesting, Michael Pascall I think has some of these. I bought one the other day that looks sort of similar, but they called it a P warscewici X cannifolium but the petioles are slightly different and marked with stripes... Ed
now, that is one COOL plant!! *adds to her 'want' list* who's brian williams and do you have a link to a website?? thx
Sorry about that. The aroid community is so close knit that i sometimes forget some people may not know others. Brian Williams is the guy who does Brians Botanicals, a collector and hobbyist and seller on eBay. I believe he posts also in this site once in awhile. In 2006 or so, he pulled in a lot of Meconostigma seeds from Brazil that turned out to be unknown hybrids and not species. He actually put one up for auction as an unknown hybrid on eBay a month or so ago, but I know he has tons of these hybrids, so if you email him he'll get back to you. http://www.angelfire.com/ky2/bwilliams/
ahh, okay. i didn't know his last name...he's got a great site! haven't yet ordered anything from him, though.
ED , there are some great Aussie plant breeders around currently producing some great stuff . Really the only way of getting these large Philos . And they all look very similar when young , lets just hope the names are just not made up ED .
What does an "adult form" of P. xanadu look like? ;-) Leland mentioned there are tons of hybridization that may be going on naturally, and these seeds may be one example. BRian had several different kinds of unknown meconostigma hybrids coming out of that seed batch.
This shows how convoluted a mature leaf is, and how shiny: http://www.blueboard.com/pahatan/gambar/images/2008_8_18_d1489.jpg Again, it has a somewhat stout stem for its height.... http://www.blueboard.com/pahatan/gambar/images/2008_8_18_d1490.jpg
