Hello, John. To answer your question, Jim Waddick wrote to the list: By the way Typhonium diversifolium is probably an invalid name for a Chinese species. As I recall it is listed in the Flora of China (check that home page too) but what is grown here in the US under that name may be T. roxburghii http://aroid.org/genera/typhonium/… So, in my researching I have found that T. diversifolium looks very different from the plant that I have, with its stripes, and its open turf habitat, which you described in your earlier missive: The spathe is green with dark reddish stripes of varying extent, with a dark spadix that emits the usual Typhonium stink. I particularly remember seeing it in the short, overgrazed turf around Namche Bazar in Nepal . . . I have found pictures of the plant at this web site: http://wschowa.com/abrimaal/araceum/…. My plant resembles very closely the plant depicted at the upper link, from the Aroid Society. So now I must hunt the literature, and try to get a positive identification. I am a crustacean taxonomist by training, and plant taxonomy is coming slowly to me. Any good references that you could suggest would be helpful. I am particularly interested in Typhoniums now. There are a large variety of taxa, and they so far seem happy to grow for me. Christopher D. Christopher Rogers Invertebrate Ecologist/Taxonomist ((,///////////=====< EcoAnalysts, Inc. (530) 406-1178 166 Buckeye Street Woodland CA 95695 USA ? Invertebrate Taxonomy ? Invertebrate Ecological Studies ? Bioassessment and Study Design ? Endangered Invertebrate Species ? Zooplankton ? Periphyton/ Phytoplankton Moscow, ID ? Bozeman, MT ? Woodland, CA ? Neosho, MO ? Selinsgrove, PA http://www.ecoanalysts.com/ -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of John Grimshaw Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 9:52 AM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: [pbs] Typhonium Typhonium diversifolium will be best in a cool, dryish place over winter, when it is dormant. In the wild it would be frozen in dry soil. I am not familiar with the name T. roxburghii and would be grateful to be informed further about it. John Grimshaw Dr John M. Grimshaw Sycamore Cottage Colesbourne Nr Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9NP Tel. 01242 870567 _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php