ARUM PALAESTINUM
diana chapman (Tue, 10 Jun 2003 07:15:38 PDT)

Hello All:

The Arum palaestinum I grow also opens black, fading to a very deep purple.
It has no scent, but it's outside and that makes a big difference as far as
obvious scent in these plants are concerned. I grew it in very exposed
conditions this year and the color was definitely lighter.

There are supposed to be two populations of A. palaestinum, one from Judaea
and Sumatra that smells like rotting fruit. The other one is from southern
Syria and has no odor or a fetid odor. I assume my plants are the latter.

Diana
Telos

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Tyerman" <ptyerman@ozemail.com.au>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 2:30 AM
Subject: Re: [pbs] ARUM PALAESTINUM

At 09:10 8/06/03 -0400, you wrote:

Grown under HID lights not pleasantly scented

Arnold,

Does the growing under light make them paler, or is your A. palaestinum
actually red rather than dark almost-black. The full shot you posted

looks

quite pale, so I am wondering whether it was made lighter by lack of

actual

sunshine? My plants of the same open pretty much pure black, fading to a
deep dark red-purple/almost black as they age. That is why yours stood

out

so much to me and I thought it was worth asking. Having never grown that
sort of thing under lights I have no idea what that would do to the

colour.

Cheers.

Paul Tyerman
Canberra, Australia. USDA equivalent - Zone 8/9
mailto:ptyerman@ozemail.com.au

Growing.... Galanthus, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, Cyclamen, Crocus,
Cyrtanthus, Liliums, Hellebores, Aroids, Irises plus just about anything
else that doesn't move!!!!!

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