Arisaema
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Arisaema
- From: C* P* <E*@AOL.COM>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 21:52:11 EST
In a message dated 1/18/99 9:41:19 AM Eastern Standard Time,
genebush@OTHERSIDE.COM writes:
<< Many of the Arisaema lead pretty strange sex lives. If you get a
chance
read up on them sometime. Our local Jack in the Pulpit changes sex from
year to year based upon age, health and weather conditions of the year it
is growing. Poor year with stress this year it can change over to male in
bloom the following season. Reason? Lack of reserves. It takes more energy
to be female and produce young. >>
That is the most interesting information on the Jack in the Pulpit. They are
indigenous on my place being very large vigorous plants one year and smaller
other years. The entire spectrum of early emerging native plants is
disappearing to the deer. I am transplanting the Jacks to the gardens for
that reason.
Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY
z4
