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Re: [SG] Arisaema candisissimum was: Good Companions

Hi Marge,
        There is no one simple answer to how soon to divide the tubers on
Arisaema. One must simply watch them. Some species produce offsets like
bunnies, others are very slow to produce. Jack in the Pulpit, the Green
Dragon, A. candid, A. amurense, all quickly produce offsets for division. I
like to leave them in clumps of at least three tubers for display.
        I hope to have my collection up on the web site sometime this summer when
things slow down just a bit more. Also collection of Polygonatum, Disporum,
Trillium and others.
        Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com

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> From: Marge Talt <mtalt@CLARK.NET>

> Subject: Re: [SG] Arisaema candisissimum  was: Good Companions
> Date: Wednesday, June 17, 1998 5:07 AM
>
> 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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