Sunday, April 24, 2011

Several Obscure Anthurium Plants That People Should Know About

By Keola Kawanako


If you have any kind of practical experience with anthurium care, I'm sure that you are more than acquainted with the typical anthurium types including anthurium andraeanum and anthurium scherzerianum, so right now I am about to cover some of the lesser known varieties of anthurium cultivars.

The Watermaliense receives its moniker from the city of Watermall, which is in Belgium. Watermall was the city where this particular species was first taken soon after being collected in Columbia. It's also known as the "black anthurium", though it actually isn't black. It makes flowers that happen to be dark purple, which I suppose can be taken wrongly for black in the dim lumination of a rainforest. The distinguishing characteristic of this species is a stipe, which other plants do not possess. A stipe is a little bit of stalk which offsets the spadix apart from the spathe in these blooms. On most other species, the spadix comes out directly from the spathe.

The Plowmanii is named after botanist Timothy Plowman, who has found and cataloged a significant number of plant life from the Amazon rain forest. It grows in different areas of South America at elevations ranging from sea level to three thousand feet plus it tolerates arid climates considerably better than lots of other members of the anthurium family. It's sometimes known as Fruffles or Plowmanii Ruffles, probably on account of the curly form of its foliage. It may grow to a respectable size and develops in what's at times known as bird's nest shape; in the event you make use of your imagination it sort of looks like a bird's nest for possibly a pterodactyl.

The Magnificum is aptly named, due to the fact it creates big and wonderful foliage. It's got olive green leaves with silver veins that can develop to 2 feet long and the surface of its leaves has a velvety feel.

The primary strategy to recognize this variety is to have a look at the petiole; members of the species possess square shaped petioles. Inside the wild, this species is only observed in Columbia, however it is capable of thriving in many other areas of the globe. And lots of people grow it due to the stunning leaves that it produces. It makes an excellent decorative shrub.




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