The cultivation of Typhonodorum lindleyanum Schott at the Royal Rotterdam Zoological & Botanical Gardens
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https://doi.org/10.24823/Sibbaldia.2020.306Keywords:
Cultivation, Propagation, Tropical glasshouses, Plants in zoos, water plantsAbstract
Typhonodorum lindleyanum Schott has been cultivated in the tropical greenhouses of Rotterdam Zoo since 2018. In this article the cultivation of this species is outlined with reference to its natural environment, including propagation from seeds, planting out in a tropical water pond, the general maintenance, flowering and proposals for further study on pollination and flower anatomy.
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BOODLE L.A. & HILL A.W. (1929). Typhonodorum Lindleyanum: the Development of the Embryo and Germination of the Seed. Annals of Botany, Vol. 43 (Nr171): pp. 437-450
Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). Plants of the World Online, Kew Science World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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SHAW, D. E. (1990). Germination of Typhonodorum lindleyanum at Brisbane, Australia. Aroideana 13(1-4): pp.14-20.
WOURMS, M.K. (1990):”Zoo exhibits and the role of zoo horticulture” ”, International Zoo Yearbook vol. 29, pp. 3-6
Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). Plants of the World Online, Kew Science World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
MAYO, S. J., J. BOGNER and P. C. BOYCE (1997). The genera of Araceae. Kew, The Trustees, Royal Botanical Gardens.
SHAW, D. E. (1990). Germination of Typhonodorum lindleyanum at Brisbane, Australia. Aroideana 13(1-4): pp.14-20.
WOURMS, M.K. (1990):”Zoo exhibits and the role of zoo horticulture” ”, International Zoo Yearbook vol. 29, pp. 3-6
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The cultivation of Typhonodorum lindleyanum Schott at the Royal Rotterdam Zoological & Botanical Gardens. (2021). Sibbaldia: The International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, 19, 143-152. https://doi.org/10.24823/Sibbaldia.2020.306
