Symplocarpus foetidus (closer to bulbous than cardamine)
Ellen Hornig (Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:32:06 PDT)
Hi, Steve!
I hope to go back tomorrow and get some photos, before the spathes
shrivel. It really is a splendid colony, but it's in a trashy wet woodland
in town. The plants don't mind, but I find it depressing to traipse past
bottles and cans and through rivulets of suspicious-looking runoff.
On the other hand, there's a big patch of feral crocus along the path
(tommy types, I guess, but nice large flowers), and I have ambitions to
relocate some to home. I keep telling myself that waiting and collecting
seed is the sensible thing to do - and I will try to do that too - but
instant gratification is so appealing....
I'm willing to try to go back later in the season to collect symplocarpus
seed, if there's any interest in it. I know it needs to be kept quite
damp, so I'll pack it in something moist and send it along to Dell for
distribution.
Ellen
On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Steve Marak <samarak@gizmoworks.com> wrote:
Ellen,
One of my favorite North American aroids, though they don't grow this
far south and west (NW Arkansas). I'd love to see any pictures you get
of the natural variation in the plants.
I've tried growing Lysichiton, the western skunk cabbage. Fine in the
winter, but just wouldn't take our summers. (My source was a friend in
the Pacific NW, so perhaps plants from the southern end of the range
would have a better chance here.) Symplocarpus has such a wide range it
might well be more adaptable, but apparently no one but me wants to grow
it.
Steve
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