faux A. griffithii

[guy gusman]

Scott,
>From your description, your specimen looks like A. intermedium indeed. In
Sikkim e.g., A. intermedium and A. griffithii grow side by side. Moreover,
their tubers also look alike. You'll find a good color photo of A.
intermedium in Polunin & Stainton's book on the flora of Himalaya.
Best regards,
G. Gusman

>Ray and Wilbert,
>
>The spathe is light green with white (actually nearly transparent) lines in
>it.  No dark pigmentation at all on the spathe or spadix.  I will take a
>picture and scan it and post it to the ID center.  It will be a couple of
>weeks to get it there.
>
>Paul Christian had mentioned that he got some A. intermedium
>once...apparently from India supposedly as A. griffithii.  I guess the
>tubers must look alike but for the life of me I can't see how anyone could
>confuse them in bloom. At this point I can only hope that there are a bunch
>of mixed up Arisaema tubers in my batch so I get some other things as
>well....but I really wanted some A. griffithii.  Some of the tubers were
>nearly 3.5 inches across so I was all set for some neat blooms this spring.
> Oh well....just have to wait till the rest come up and see what they all
>are.
>
>Such is the adventure of importing bulbs.  Thanks for the help.
>
>Best Regards.
>
>Scott
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>> From: NAME "Wilbert Hetterscheid" <W.HETTER at PBGA.AGRO.NL>
>> To: ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL
>> Subject: Re: Pollination timing in Arisaema
>> Date: Thursday, March 13, 1997 10:11 PM
>>
>> Scott & Ray,
>>
>> I don't think Scott has A. thunbergii. That one has much more leaflets to
>> the leaf than three and is not rugose. me thinks Scott has either A.
>inter-
>> medium or A. verrucosum. The first has a white-and-green spathe and the
>> second has purple streaks in it. That could help for a quick ID idea.
>There
>> are more differences of course.
>>
>> Cheers, Wilbert