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From: Mary Jane Hatfield <oneota at AMES.NET>
Subject: A.concinnum and other questions
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I am still not familiar or comfortable with the many Arisaema species.
However, I do know that some of mine are not what they were labeled when
I bought them.

I have what is labeled Arisaema concinnum from Tamang. It may be. I just
dug the tuber/corm today and found that it had attached to it, two arms
with small tubers at the ends, much like Amorphophallus konjac. However,
the small tubers are a bit soft, as in tender, not as in rot. Should I
treat these small tubers, about the size of my thumb, as I would other
tubers, by putting them in slightly damp peat and refrigerating?

Another question, please. I have Pinellia pedatisecta, which Ellen
Hornig just identified from a jpg. She says they are reliably hardy for
her. I am zone 4/5 but don't have a reliable snow cover. While I still
have a chance to dig them (or one of them) before winter, does everyone
agree that they are hardy to this zone?

As long as I am asking questions, would it be enough to just break apart
the seed heads of A. triphyllum and toss the fruits about the woods. Or
should I make the effort to individually press the cleaned seeds into
the damp woodland soil, assuming we ever get rain again?

Thanks so much.

MJ Hatfield