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Arisaema omeiense P.C.Kao in 2023 is considered to be a synonym of Arisaema auriculatum Buchet. It is a small jewel from section Flagellarisaema that grows 10 to 20 cm tall. This species grows in W. China in rainy woods; the spathe has long auricles and the spadix is male or female with a long appendage like a tail. One of the first to blossom, this plant came from Chen nursery (China) as A.51 with the incorrect name of A. onoticum, a species that is much taller. The first two photos were taken by Giorgio Pozzi, April 2006 and the second two in April 2007 showing more details of the flowers of this very small plant.
Arisaema propinquum Schott is from the Himalayas. Photo taken by Giorgio Pozzi April 2006.
Arisaema rhizomatum C.E.C.Fisch. is from northeast India and western China and in 2023 is considered a synonym of Arisaema decipiens Schott. Photos by John Lonsdale.
Arisaema ringens (Thunb.) Schott is native to China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan. Mark McDonough added the first photo and the following note about a Korean form. "This is not my plant (drat) but one that I photographed at a local NARGS (North American Rock Garden Society) meeting; the plant was grown by Roy Herold. I've grown and lost A. ringens before, unique with its tight fist-like green spathe, but this form with the shiny black ring is striking." Photos 2-6 from Giorgio Pozzi. Photo 2 taken April 2006 shows two colors of spathe-margins. Photo 3 shows a plant unfolding its leaves in the woods and 4 a plant in the ground with a green (spotted) peduncle and mouth margins. Photo 5 shows a young specimen with a purple peduncle and petiole and dark purple mouth margins. Photos 3-5 taken April 2007. The last was taken spring 2008. It shows a rich clump growing in the wood with different colours on stems and mouth borders; many new young plants are growing near mother tubers.
Arisaema sazensoo (Blume) Makino is native to the Kirishima hills of Kyushu, Japan. This is a striking species with a small white "pestle". This species is quite varied and the stem may be red or green. It grows to about 50 cm (20 in) and is hardy to Zone 6, perhaps colder. It is a member of section Pistillata. Photos by Paige Woodward. The first picture shows the splash of white down the leaves.
Arisaema saxatile Buchet is a medium size plant in section Tortuosa from Sichuan and Yunnan (W. China). It likes dry conditions. The spathe, at foliage level, turns to white while unfolding; the spadix turns from white to green with a long-exserted apex. Photos by Giorgio Pozzi, June 2006.
Arisaema serratum (Thunb.) Schott is over 50 cm tall, with some plants rising up to 150 cm. It has two pedate leaves and is in section Pistillata. It is found in Japan, Korea and East/China. This species has either plain green or variegated leaves like the specimen in the first picture below taken by Giorgio Pozzi, April 2006. The second photo was taken by Giorgio Pozzi April 2007 who writes: "Here is a clump in the garden; these plants are 80/90 cm tall." Photos 3-5 were contributed by Paige Woodward.
Arisaema sikokianum Franch. & Sav. is a spectacular plant with a dark brown "pulpit" and a snow white, club-shaped "jack". It is one of the early bloomers and is from Japan. The first photo by John Lonsdale. Photos 2-5 taken by Giorgio Pozzi, April 2006. These show the flower, two young plants just flowering and unfolding leaves with the club-shaped spadix already visible, the "silver-centered" leafed variety from May 2006, and first year seedlings in cultivation (note the trifoliolate first leaf with serrated margins).
Photos by Giorgio Pozzi are of three young plants with variegated leaves ("silver center leaves form"). The tubers in the first photo were three years old April 2007. The second picture is of a specimen with rich variegation on the leaves, May 2008 .
The first two photos by Giorgio Pozzi show tuberlets. The first is an unusual first tuberlet from seed, note the double tubercle, quite unusual in this species as these tubers aren't proliferous. The second photo shows first year plants dug in November with the usual one bud on a mm scale. The final photo by David Pilling shows seed on a 10 mm grid.
Arisaema sikokianum x triphyllum was an unusual spontaneous cross that occurred in a New England area garden; seedlings of which were offered up at a North American Rock Garden Society meeting. There were a few seedlings planted out together. The first plant to bloom had green, white-striped flowers. Another seedling bloomed in 2003 with a similar green and white flower, the upper portion shaded a somber dark brown color. Photo by Mark McDonough. For photos of both parents, and more photos of this hybrid, visit his Arisaema gallery
Arisaema speciosum (Wall.) Mart. is a very tall plant with a very big rhizomatous tuber, deep purple spathe and snake-skin patterned stem. In his introduction to the topic of the week, Ernie O'Byrne describes it as: "A spectacular species with a trifoliolate leaf with red on the lower surface and an attractive flower with a long-threaded spadix appendage and purple and white stripes on the spathe. It has done very well for us in both pots and in the ground." Photos 1-2 were taken by Giorgio Pozzi May 2006. Photos 3-4 were contributed by Paige Woodward.
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