Arisaema TOW
Jane McGary (Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:30:52 PDT)

I don't grow many arisaemas, thanks to the slugs and a soil that is not
retentive enough for most of them, but just yesterday I was wondering about
one that I have in a pot. I got the seed as Arisaema anatolicum. It is only
about 8 inches/20 cm tall and this spring bore a flower on a stem below the
level of the two divided leaves. The flower was small and green, shaped
something like that of A. flavum. To my surprise (since I thought arisaemas
were not self-fertile), it has formed a cluster of fruits which are just
starting to turn red.

I don't find this species in the books I have here (I don't have the new
Gusman book). Can someone inform me about it? I assume from the name that
it grows in Turkey.

Jane McGary
Northwestern Oregon, USA