subsp. albispathum Peter Boyce, again, from his key to subspecies of A. italicum: "Leaves always plain deep green, never marked in any way; spathe almost white; spadix-appendix pale yellow." Graham Rice > Mary Sue wrote "What about the subspecies pictured by Arnold, >albispathum ? It is >still listed by Kew. How is it different?" > >I think I previously commented on the difference that I saw between >the Arum italicum and Arum Italicum 'albispathum' > >If you look closely at the images on the Arum page on the Wiki Wiki >you will see that the peduncle below the spadex is dark purple on >the Arum italicum (Angelo's image) while the peduncle on the >'albispathum' is clearly light colored. > >Not sure if this qualifies as the 'albispathum' in the name but >surely a difference between the two plants. > >Arnold > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php