The weekly Germination Report 4/27/97

[George R Stilwell, Jr.]

It's interesting to see how many additional days it takes for leaves to
appear. On the other hand, Aristochlia elegans forms the radicle and
first leaf almost simultaneously.

Ray
GRSJr at Juno.com

Germination Report              04/27

Arisaema species           Radicle
Days    Num.    Leaf    days    no.
A. amurense
(Hornig)                100%    19      4       75%     41      3
A. amurense
(Herold)                67%     17      4       50%     39      3
A. bockii
(Lambert)       100%            15      10              30%     44      3
A. ciliatum ex. Mt.
Emei            89%     21      8       55%     43      5
A. concinnum ex. Mt. Emei (Gusman)     no
germ    44
A. consanguineum  (Avent)
100%    12      7       100%    31      7
A. consanguineum  (Avent)
80%     12      4       80%     36      4
A. consanguineum  (Avent)
100%    11      10      90%     26      9
A. consanguineum  (Herold)
100%    12      16      94%     40      15
A. consanguineum  (Herold)
100%    21      10      80%     43      8
A. elephas
(Avent)                 40%     32      21
A. elephas
(Herold)                        32%     44      7
A. flavum ssp. flavum
(Herold)        100%    12      10      100%    44      10
A. flavum 'Brown Form'
(Denney)        80%     22      8       20%     24      2
A. flavum ssp. abbreviatum
(Gusman)        100%    10      5       100%    21      5
A. flavum ssp. tibeticum ?
(Gwynne)        100%    10      5       40%     25      2
A. formosanum
(Gusman)                75%     30      3
A. franchetianum
(Avent)         100%    12      5       100%    31      5
A. limbatum v. aequinoctiale (Gusman)  no
germ    44
A. limbatum v. conspicuum (Gusman)     no
germ    44
A. quinatum
50%     35      3
A. robustum (green)            no
germ    44
A. taiwanense (Avent)
43%     21      3
A. taiwanense (Feeney)
80%     19      4
A. tortuosum
(Wills)         100%    44      6       83%     39      5
A. undulatifolium (McClements) 0%       34     rotted
out
A. yunnanense
(Herold)                100%    15      2       100%    30      2
A. yunnanense
(Herold)                63%     35      5       13%     39      1
A. sp.
(Herold)                        100%    44      10      30%     44      3