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Subject: Re: Arisaema japonicum?
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Jim,

I don't GROW this Arisaema, but many years ago when visiting the Seattle
area, I took a picture at Grand Ridge, it was of an Arisaema that Phil an=d
Steve were then calling "japonicum".  

I have always accepted it to be A.serratum, without any special reason fo=r
this I should add.  If anyone wants to see it while the thread is still
active, it is the picture at my web site in
"http://rareplants.co.uk/arisaema/index.htm" where I have it as A.serratu=m.
If this is your plant let me know, if it is wrong Guy , please also let m=e
know !

At 22:13 07/04/98 EDT, you wrote:
>AEG'rs
>
>Several years ago while visiting the Seattle area for a NARGS meeting, I==
got
>seeds from Steve Doonan (Grandrige Nursery) of what he ID'd as A.=
japonicum.
>The first one has just flowered (under lights) and is quite a beauty.
>
>As I recall from the monograph on the Japanese species, there's a lot of
>confusion between this and A. serratum, and GG lists "japonicum" as a=
synonym
>of serratum, but this doesn't look at all like the two forms of serratum==
that
>I already grow (which also don't resemble each other!). The spathe is bl=ack
>and white striped (well, maybe dark brown) but the pattern of the white
>stripes is exactly like the rising sun that used to be painted on Zeros.=(I
>guess I'm dating myself!).  The spadix is very dark also, slightly=
speckled,
>and has a bulbous tip.
>
>I'll probably end up sending a slide to Guy for ID, but does anyone grow==
one
>that sounds like this?
>
>Jim McClements
>
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