Here is a copy of a message I sent to Arisaema-L in June this year. A month ago I had a backhoe in to dig out a bamboo grove. To give the machine access, I dug out plants that were in the way, an easy job as I had redone that bed last year, and put them in pots. Now a few plants that were run over by the huge tracks have put up leaves, including an arisaema. This surprised me because I hadn't planted any arisaemas there. I've been puzzling over this as the leaves get bigger day by day, and I've pulled out my book of garden maps.Aha! That answered the question. In 1986 I planted Arisaema jacquemontii, from seed I bought from one of Chris Chadwell's collecting trips. The plant grew for a few years and flowered at least once, but I hadn't seen it in many years. I don't know whether it was desperation at being run over, or the open sky above now that overlying vegetation has been removed that has caused the re-emergence. This is the second species of Arisaema to lie dormant for me. The other was a tuber of A. ringens I bought about 30 years ago which didn't appear for several years, came up and flowered once, but hasn't been seen since. There is no room to run a backhoe over the area where it was, so it will just have to stay down there. -- Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada maritime zone 8 cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually) sandy soil