SYNGONIUM PODOPHYLLUM 'ANGELWING'
ORIGIN:
Casa Flora, Inc., Dallas, Texas; found by Michael R. Broyles at Houston Greenhouse; US Plant Patent PP6,016, 1987
CULTIVAR DESCRIPTION:
A compact, clumping sport of 'White Butterfly' with excellent vigor, short internodes and hanging leaves that give a full, rounded plant hiding its pot; the long, narrow, deeply lobed leaves carry the white and green pattern of the parent.¹ Its small size suits 4- and 6-inch pot production where the parent needs 6-inch pots or larger.¹
NOTES:
1. Found in September 1983 as a spontaneous mutation among 'White Butterfly' stock plants at Houston Greenhouse, Houston, Texas, by Michael R. Broyles, and patented for Casa Flora, Inc. of Dallas on 15 September 1987 as US Plant Patent PP6,016. The patent records that the source of the parent 'White Butterfly' stock was unknown, single liners having been received from many sources.¹
2. Casa Flora registered the trademark Flutterby in 1986 for a compact dwarf 'White Butterfly', and Hyndman wrote in 1987 of a patented Casa Flora cultivar named 'Flutterby'. Whether 'Flutterby' and 'Angelwing' are one plant is not settled here; see the separate entry for 'Flutterby'.²,³
3. Unconfirmed: Hatch lists 'Fairy Wings' as a synonym of 'Angelwing'.³
REFERENCES:
1. Broyles, M.R. 1987. Syngonium plant named Angelwing. US Plant Patent PP6,016
2. Hyndman, S.E. 1987. The advantages of tissue culture for the aroid collector. Aroideana 10(3)
Plates from US Plant Patent PP6,016