. Some large-leaved ornamental plants for the tropics. Plants, Ornamental; Tropical plants. SOME LARGE-LEAVED ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 23 Caribbean Islands. Most of them are terrestrial or epiphytic per- ennial herbs but a few are climbers. Anthuriums are beautiful tropical Aroids which fall naturally into two sections or groups— foliage and flowering. The Puerto Rican species fall into the former group. Anthurium acaule, which is native to Puerto Rico, is often found growing upon rocks or tree trunks on shaded mountainsides. The plants bear oblong lanceolate leaves 16 to 32 inches long and 2^ to IOV
. Some large-leaved ornamental plants for the tropics. Plants, Ornamental; Tropical plants. SOME LARGE-LEAVED ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 23 Caribbean Islands. Most of them are terrestrial or epiphytic per- ennial herbs but a few are climbers. Anthuriums are beautiful tropical Aroids which fall naturally into two sections or groups— foliage and flowering. The Puerto Rican species fall into the former group. Anthurium acaule, which is native to Puerto Rico, is often found growing upon rocks or tree trunks on shaded mountainsides. The plants bear oblong lanceolate leaves 16 to 32 inches long and 2^ to IOV2 inches broad, which are narrowed at the apex and base. Its chief attraction is the bright red berries which are closely set along the slender spadix. Even when the plant is not in fruit, the. Figure 13.—Anthurium acaule, lower left, is grown for its attractive green foliage and red fruit shown at a; A. longilaminatum, b, for the tropical effect of its foliage; and A. scandens (background) for its foliage and fruit, c. clean green leaves are attractive and add considerable interest to a collection of tropical plants. When cut the leaves have excep- tional keeping qualities. On the plant during the rainy season the soft tissue of the basal leaves is sometimes consumed by bacteria, leaving the lacy vascular skeleton. This probably accounts for the name "lace ; Propagation is by seed but wild plants can usually be obtained in the Caribbean Islands where it occurs. In cultivation the plants can be grown in pots, raised beds, or epiphytically in humid sec- Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Winters, Harold F; Agricultural Experiment Station. Washington, D. C. : Gov. Print. Off.
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