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Pitta Gardener
Posts : 1868 Join date : 2009-03-16 Age : 89 Location : Cooktown Qld
| Subject: Need Philodendron I/D/ Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:36 am | |
| Just on the off chance .I am looking for a name for this common here Philodendron, | |
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Canna Worms Dirt Poker
Posts : 52 Join date : 2009-12-29 Location : Coastal NC - US
| Subject: Re: Need Philodendron I/D/ Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:55 pm | |
| Do I see a blush of pink on the underside of the foliage? It reminds me so much of the P. erubescens which I grow, although the petiols on my plant have the blush of red. | |
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Pitta Gardener
Posts : 1868 Join date : 2009-03-16 Age : 89 Location : Cooktown Qld
| Subject: Re: Need Philodendron I/D/ Thu Jan 07, 2010 4:18 pm | |
| Thanks so much Ellie I will check that out. | |
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Pitta Gardener
Posts : 1868 Join date : 2009-03-16 Age : 89 Location : Cooktown Qld
| Subject: Re: Need Philodendron I/D/ Thu Jan 07, 2010 5:51 pm | |
| Ellie .Thanks so much . I think you are right in choosing Philodendron erubescens "red emerald"..I have a bigger old mother
plant that has the flower , red spathe with pure white spadix . I think the one I asked for I.D. on is the same but a youner
plant and not yet displaying the red tendencies .The old mother plant puts out a new deep pink leaf whenever it has a growth
spurt.thanks Ellie | |
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Canna Worms Dirt Poker
Posts : 52 Join date : 2009-12-29 Location : Coastal NC - US
| Subject: Re: Need Philodendron I/D/ Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:18 am | |
| Oooo, purely a lucky guess, that. I hesitated to post it, really. So glad if it helped. | |
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Pitta Gardener
Posts : 1868 Join date : 2009-03-16 Age : 89 Location : Cooktown Qld
| Subject: Re: Need Philodendron I/D/ Fri Jan 08, 2010 8:11 am | |
| Ellie , see if you are just as lucky with this one. This was taken months ago This was recently Its ended up with a tri lobed leaf. I like it very much . The closest I could get was one called mexicana or similar I just forget. It annoys me when I can't find the I.D. for my plants. | |
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Canna Worms Dirt Poker
Posts : 52 Join date : 2009-12-29 Location : Coastal NC - US
| Subject: Re: Need Philodendron I/D/ Sat Jan 09, 2010 5:15 am | |
| Yes, I agree Betty, this one appears to be P. mexicanum, it's very handsome.I like to have IDs for my plants, too - but I find that Philos can be especially tricky and frustrating, there is so much variability, they are free spirits. *lol* | |
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Pitta Gardener
Posts : 1868 Join date : 2009-03-16 Age : 89 Location : Cooktown Qld
| Subject: Re: Need Philodendron I/D/ Sat Jan 09, 2010 9:59 am | |
| Thank you Ellie ,I have thought that was it for a long time but as you say its a frustrating genus. | |
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Canna Worms Dirt Poker
Posts : 52 Join date : 2009-12-29 Location : Coastal NC - US
| Subject: Re: Need Philodendron I/D/ Sun Jan 10, 2010 1:59 am | |
| Most welcome. If we were neighbors, I would soon be by with my pruners and I'd bring along some cuttings to share from my Philos. | |
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