Re: REJOICE

Once when my children were in elementary school and I was a room mother, a small child filled my purse with skunk cabbage during recess. (There was a swampy area at the edge of the school yard.) I realized it while riding home in my car. "Skunk" is definitely an appropriate name. <LOL>
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center" <4042N15@nationalhearing.com>
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ooohhhh neat, even without a picture - check this out:
" The flowers are produced at ground level before the leaves appear...they
appear in late winter and early spring. The flower spadix can raise its
temperature up to 55 degrees F above the surrounding conditions, and so
prevent frost damage."

We need to send some of our other plants to Skunk Cabbage School.
(aka: Polecat Weed, foetid Pothos)

Kitty


----- Original Message ----- From: "Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center"
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Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] REJOICE


Congrats Cathy! I wanted to look it up to see what all the fuss was about
this 1000 page book didn't deem it worthy of a picture even though it is a
single species genus.. Will try to find a pic when I get home.
Kitty

----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy Carpenter" <cathy.c@insightbb.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 3:41 PM
Subject: [CHAT] REJOICE


> Perhaps you remember my attempts to find and establish Skunk Cabbage
> (Symplocarpus foetidus) a couple years ago? Found a source, but
> apparently none of the seedlings took? Well...I was roaming the swamp
> yesterday, wondering when I would ever be able to get it weeded (just
> try weeding a swamp!) and looked up and saw... the leaves of a very
> healthy Skunk Cabbage!!! May it live long and prosper! Cannot wait to
> start monitoring the spot in early spring to see if it blooms.
> Cathy
>
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