I have a stack ready for Judith when she arrives. Sorry for not being able to mail them, I carried them to and from work for a week, but since ia am in the office at 7:30, and out around 6:30, I never can make it to the post office, and Saturday we had an emergency Vet vist in the AM< and we are still dealing with that. \ On 5/3/07 7:15 AM, "B.J.M. Zonneveld" <B.J.M.Zonneveld@biology.leidenuniv.nl> wrote: > I am a bit late to react on the Arum subject However you will forgive me > knowing I was looking for tulips in Kazachstan etc. All Arum italicum, > about 10 clones, I have measured the amount of nuclear DNA from are so > far, ranging from Greece via Italy and France to Portugal and the > Canarian islands are hexaploid. Arum concineum is diploid and Arum > maculatum tetraploid as far as I measured them. Peculiar is that two > arums from greece, one with whitish veins, the other more spotted but > with dark purple stems and flowers flowered fro me in April This seems > very early for A italicum I wondering if they might do so the next year. > I am still looking for a fresh leaf ( or seeds) of the more rare > species to measure... > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php