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Re: [SG] Arisaema candisissimum was: Good Companions

I got one  last year and thought I'd lost it for good as it hadn't shown
this spring when most of my others did....did some gentle poking around and
Lo! it had started growth...just poked it's nose up a day or so ago.  So,
Diana, my question to you is whether these are known late starters or
whether this is because it was only planted in the ground last year.  I got
this already in bloom in a pot through our local NARGS chapter.   Also
delighted to find they make babies...generally, how many years before you
can dig it up and separate the small fry??

Have to note that I also have some started from seed (let's hope they all
grow for me) obtained through membership in AEG (Arisaema Enthusiasts
Group) and any of you on this list who is interested in Arisaema might want
to join - it's free - and subscribes you to the email list Arisaema-L.
Send email to Ray Stilwell, grsjr@juno.com for more info.

I've been growing the common Jack for years (A. triphyllum) and just
discovered all the others a couple of years ago and got well and truly
hooked.

If you're not familiar with some of the more exotic species, there are
several web sites with luscious photos.  Check out Roy Harold's official
AEG Page first :  http://www.mdc.net/~rrh/arisaema.html .

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Diana Reeck <dianar@TELEPORT.COM>
> Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 10:51 PM
>
> We grow many Arisaema species, and as insurance, we usually dig them in
the
> winter and store them in the refrigerator in slightly damp bark dust,
(peat
> moss works too). The roots die completely away and they store as a
rounded
> tuber (maybe technically a corm) Arisaema candisissimum is one of the
> hardiest, and also one of the most beautiful. And in a family full of
> fascinating brown-green-purplish, sometimes spotted,
> rotten-carrion-smelling flowers, this one is a surprise, with a beautiful
> porcelain white, pale-pink-striped flower, literally smelling like a
rose.
>
> We have concluded that there is no reason behind the way the flowers
face,
> that is, they don't follow the sun or shade in any way. It seems to be
> random.
>
> We were selling them this year, but sold out early. Much cheaper than
> Wayside.
> And it is an investment. It is one of the Arisaemas that will produce
many
> small tuberlets (I just made up that word)along the sides of the main
one,
> as the plant ages over the years, so you will end up with many more than
> you started with over time.
>
> Diana R
>
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