Hi Arnold: Here are a few differences between A. palaestinum and A. dioscoridis (both of which I grow, also A. purpureospathum). The spathe on A. palaestinum folds back with maturity. Only A. creticum seems to do the same out of all the Arums I grow. In all the other Arums, the spathe sort of collapses as it fades. If you tear the inflorescence apart and look at the spadix, on A. discoridis the spadix narrows for about 1cm or more before it encounters the set of staminodes, which stick out horizontally in a dense band. In A. palaestinum, the spadix does not narrow, and the band of staminodes point downward instead of being arranged horizontally. There are some other more subtle differences. From your photo I think it's A. palaestinum, with abnormal color development because of growing it under lights. The smell would indicate it is the Syrian form. Diana ----- Original Message ----- From: <fagus@yahoo.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 4:44 AM Subject: Re: [pbs] ARUM PALAESTINUM > --- Paul: > > I wouldn't doubt that the artificial light has some > impact on the depth of the color. I haven't seen any > others so my frame of reference is limited. > > The point that I am more concerned about is the > literature that states that it is pleasantly scented > which mine is definitely NOT. > > Arnold > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > http://calendar.yahoo.com/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php