Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Scindapsus pictus 'Argyraeus' Hassk.
Classification
Family
Genus
Subname
'Argyraeus'
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, [South Island], Canterbury Land District, Christchurch, Botanic Gardens
Field Collection Date
25 Feb 2008
Field Collection Notes
Glasshouse, cultivated. Climbing plant with ± fleshy stems. Juvenile leaves appressed to host trunk, mottled whitish on dark green backgound above. Leaves on adult shoots not appressed & thus spreading at different angles, uniformly medium green above, slightly asymmetric at base unlike juvenile leaves. Spathe cup-shaped, c.7 x 9 cm, firm, white inside, dark green outside & shining. Spadix c.6 x 2 cm, narrow elliptic, cream at anthesis. Adult shoots high on host tree & spreading from it in higher light conditions. Juvenile & adult. [Over 2 sheets: AK 355947 A & B]
Duplicate ex CHR (610429 A & B), received May 2011
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-43.52978, 172.62267 (Inf.)
172.62267, 172.62267 (Inf.)
Last Update
16 May 2017
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