Re: Devil's Arum/ Dracunculus vulgaris

I have an Arisaema draconitum planted in 1999.  I had lost track of it,
due I believed to  water line failure; summer watering is the only thing
which keeps non-native plants alive here.  But this year it is up,
small, but it looks as if there are two separate stems of it, about a
foot apart.   The larger one has three leaves circling the top of the
stem (I know there is a botanical word for this arrangement, but I cant
think of it at the moment), and the smaller one has five leaves, but
they look the same.  Could this possibly be the same plant?  Possibly I
just missed it last year, before it went dormant.  I have had nothing so
far but leaves.

I have other plants which seem to show up only when they want to:
oriental lilies come to mind. Maybe I am just missing them in the
beautiful natural jumble which I am encouraging.  Could it be that they
only come up briefly in some years, and become more noticeable in others?

Anelle
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