[PacificBulbSociety] new member who likes Ariseama
antennaria@aol.com (Wed, 03 Jul 2002 20:37:40 PDT)

Does anyone know whether we're allowed to post photos (JPG files) to this
group?

Lyn Edwards said the Ariseamas are a favorite. Right now in the garden, I
have the asian Ariseama heterophyllum in bloom, an impression giant species,
yet hardy here. The shoots didn't appear until mid June! ... just about two
weeks ago, then a spectacular, striped and mottled spathe-covered shoot pops
out of the ground and grows with amazing speed. I had two shoots, one being
a heavy-textured leaf shoot, the other being the flowering shoot, also with
one stalwart leaf... the stem about 4' tall, the single leaf with about 15
crinkled and corrugated leaflets suspended from a handle-bar-like leaf-rim,
then a leathery-textured spathe, whitish-green inside and veined, with the
upturned rat-tail spadix shooting upwards for another 8-10", bringing the
plant close to 5' in height!

I can post pictures to the group, if pictures are allowed, or if not, I can
post a new page to my website if anyone is interested in seeing the plant.
For those interested in the genus Arisaema, last year I posted an Ariseama
gallery at:

http://plantbuzz.com/RockGard/Woodland/…

Mark McDonough Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States
antennaria@aol.com "New England" USDA Zone 5
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