Arnold: This plant is identical to the plants we grow and sell as A. fargesii. All of the A. franchetianum that I've ever seen in the wild or received has a non-shiny leaf and flowers two months later...July as opposed to May for A. fargesii. At 02:33 PM 7/3/2004 -0400, you wrote: >Jim: > >I think that the leaf is a mature one. The plant has flowered three >years and each year the leaf gets bigger. I place a yard stick in the >photo to give a hint at the size of the leaf. I have looked at A. >franchetianum and A. fargesii on the Aroid page and the leaf structure >does not look similar. The leaf is almost twenty five inches in length >and very glossy. > >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/… > >Arnold >New jersey > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > Tony Avent Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, NC 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdel.com/ phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent
