Arisaema fruits

Simon Wills simon.wills at TESCO.NET
Wed Sep 1 00:48:10 CEST 1999


Ray,

>A little more description please. Do they have one leaf or two?  ......

2 leaves with 5 - 6 leaflets per leaf arranged digitately, almost exactly
like fig.3 of the 1st edition of Pradhan's book.

>How tall are the plants, are the leaves glaucous, what shade of green,
>etc.?

leaves 18inches tall with thespathe taller still.   The leaves are mid green
above and paler/glaucous below  (they are nearly over now so colours are
probably not very accurate)

>Do you mean the berries have white ribs or stripes?


The berries have 8 - 9 white stripes from tip to bottom which show up much
more strongly on the green, unripe berries and virtually disappear as they
ripen.   There are up to 9 or so seeds per berry

>Are both plants alike?


yes

>You could post a picture of them on Eric Gouda's Arisaema ID page.


Sorry, I do not have a digital camera, and it is just unfortunate that I
missed them flowering.

Simon



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