Re: In search for Triphyophyllum

Rand Nicholson (writserv@nbnet.nb.ca)
Thu, 17 Oct 1996 11:48:00 -0400

>Dear Edward,
>
>_Triphyophyllum peltatum_ is very rare in cultivation, and it is
>indeed a very demanding plant not likely to survive on a window
>sill. The "supply" of the plant is limited, to say the least, and
>only very few people not native to tr W AF have seen it in the wild.
>However, some scientific institutes have managed to establish
>contacts to Prof. Ake-Assi in Cote d'Ivoire who cultivates the
>species successfully in the Centre National de Floristique, Abidjan.
>Two of these institutes are located in Germany, viz. the Botanical
>Gardens in Bonn (Prof. Barthlott's group) and our own one (Dept. of
>Organic Chemistry, University Wuerzburg). We have currently a few
>plants of _Triphyophyllum_ but they are all needed for scientific
>research purposes, and we are not able to share any of them at the
>moment.
>
>Kind regards
>Jan

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Dear Jan:

Could you please give me a brief description of this plant, or direct me to
a web site that has information on _Triphyophyllum_?

Kind Regards,

Rand, in Canada