Re: Dutchman's Pipe
I have a few Aristolochia gigantea....
I don't have the durior.
Quite a spectacle. I saw a dandy blooming like mad a month ago at the Crystal
Gardens in Victoria, British Columbia.
Frankly, as 'Victorian' as Victoria is, I was amused to find such a plant.
One would certainly never find it in a Puritan garden.
Diana Politika
The Greenhouse Nursery
81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
Port Angeles, WA 98362
Zone 8
GeneBush wrote:
> Hello Kemberly,
> Look forward to seeing the digital photo of your Amorph(?). Please send
> by attachment when you get an opportunity. Be glad to see if I can do an ID
> for you.
> One of the members of Alpine-L is down in Florida someplace doing the
> Arisaema and Arum thing in his garden. Has a web site, but for the life of
> me I can not remember his name or the address. Never bothered to store the
> information since it does not apply to my garden.... selective memory or old
> age? hummmm.....
> I have one Dutchman's Pipe in a pot that has been there for about 3 or 4
> years now. A friend brought me a start and I never got around to finding the
> right spot for it until this year. This fall it goes on the divider between
> the nursery display area and the east side of the house along with the Sweet
> Autumn Clematis. About all I know about them is Aristolochia durior is the
> most common and there is one other that is relatively rare. What have you
> found? Tell us all about your species and perhaps someone who knows more
> than I will jump in here and we can all learn more about this vine.
> Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
> around the woods - around the world
> genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Mclainakag@aol.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 10:15 AM
> Subject: Re: Amorph/Arisaema
>
> > Gene-
> >
> > I'm trying to get my husband to bring home the company's digital camera to
> > take a picture of my leopard palm....hopefully then I will be able to get
> a
> > true identification.
> >
> > Mine has a second stem coming up from the bottom - if I am to understand
> this
> > correctly, Amorph do not do this. But couldn't it be that the bulb might
> > have made two??? We will soon know.
> >
> > I'm am eager to have one of the Arisaema (Jack in the Pulpit) in my
> garden.
> > I just have to find out the best one for the heat of summer.
> >
> > Gene - did you say that you grow some of the Aristolocia (Dutchman's Pipe
> > vine)? I've found a few of the more uncommon ones recently - are they
> hardy
> > were you are?
> >
> > Happy gardening
> >
> > Kemberly McLain
> > Katy, Texas Zone 9
> >
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