I have about a ten Aspidistra species. I may have had Milky Way" but I think
that it is one I lost in the green house, last winter, which was
exceptionally cold
There are several groups within Aspidistra and several types of flower too.
They have a distribution including Yunan, ?Burma, Korea, Japan and ?Korea
I dont have any Rohdea but I did buy a couple of Peliosanthes this spring.
I believe that some on this forum are particularly well informed on
Aspidistra and I too would be glad to hear what they might have to say.
Peter
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 4:42 PM, The Silent Seed <santoury@aol.com> wrote:
>
> I have no clue why, but from the time I joined, I've seen nothing mentioned
> about these two wonderfully fantastic genera. Is there anybody else out
> there who appreciates and / or collects these? What are your favorites and
> why?
> I will start: I have a modest collection of about a dozen types and am
> always looking for more.
> My favorite Aspidistra is the sp. lurida Ginga ("milky way" - who has the
> REAL milky way anyway? Is there a hard and fast rule to differentiate them?)
> - I just get lost in each leaf with its' starry patterns of yellow dots.
> For a Rohdea, my favorite is the plain jane japonica. I love the simplicity
> of it.
> The first time I saw an Aspidistra flower, I was dumfouned! I knew they
> were held low, but this one was actually buried, and only visible after I
> pulled the plant up. It looks exactly like a paw paw tree flower. Amazing!
> Do share!
> Jude
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