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From: "W. George Schmid" <hostahill at MSN.COM>
Subject: Re: George's arisaema
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Hi All,

Petra, of course I remember you! In your e-mail you told me "the heck wit==
h hostas" (an old love of mine) and you wanted me to tell the group about==
my GIANT Arisaema triphyllum. Visitors have echoed your "the heck with h==
ostas" and they want to see the A. triphyllum so I am not offended by you==
r remark. I can look at hostas all year but to see one of these monsters ==
is a wonder. Many have doubted the existence of such a plant or its abili==
ty to remain a giant, but I found one and it is stable, i.e., it is gigan==
tic and remains so. I have not tried seed, because it off-sets like crazy==
, so why use seed. Here, as Petra wants me to, is the rest of the story: ==
In 1969 I found a large colony of the giant A. triphyllum in a deep ravin==
e cut by a creek in DeKalb County, Georgia. Then, I built my new home in ==
what was a rural area around Tucker. I raced to bulldozers to rescue as m==
any of the wildflowers as I could (with permission from the home builder)==
. I am glad I did because they are all gone now, overtaken by poison ivy ==
which came in when Opal knocked down a bunch of huge trees along the cree==
k. There used to be pink ladyslippers there. As I said, I have not tried ==
seed because the tubers send out quite a few offsets so why bother with s==
eed. The offsets also become tall specimens. I have several large plants ==
blooming right now, one about 48 inches the others around 41 to 44 inches==
with  leaves that span 26 inches with individual leaflets 8 by 13 inches==
. The inflorescence is 7 inches tall and the spathe hood is 2.5 inches wi==
de at a height of 38 inches. The stem at ground level is 2.3 inches in di==
ameter. The hood is more erect than the smaller varieties which have a ho==
od that falls down and hides the spadix. These larger ones have the spath==
e tube wide open with the hood more erect and the spathe tip almost horiz==
ontal. Tony Avent has seen the tall ones several times during visits span==
ning several years. I gave him a very large (but not the largest) tuber a==
nd he has placed it into the capable hands of Petra Schmidt who just e-ma==
iled me to tell me how really big that thing is in Tony's trial bed. I ha==
ve had these wonderful jacks for over 30 years now and, believe me, they ==
have remained giants. I hope Petra gets propagation going and Tony can of==
fer these to all. Btw, the color of these giants is green, with the leafl==
ets a deep green with a bluish cast. I have not seen a maroon-striped inf==
lorescence. Currently I also have another large A. triphyllum which has p==
urple stems and 4 distinct leaflets, the center leaflet being two leaves ==
on separate stems. This one I found in Rabun County, Georgia, near Rabun ==
Bald on private property.

W. George S.

----- Original Message -----
From: Petra Schmidt
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 5:54 PM
To: ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL
Subject: George's arisaema

Welcome George!
The heck with hostas...tell the group all about your wonderful, GIANT,
Arisaema triphyllum!!!!!
Remember me?
Petra

Petra Schmidt
Research/Special Projects Manager
Juniper Level Botanic Garden @ Plant Delights Nursery
9241 Sauls Road
Raleigh, NC 27603
petra at plantdelights.com
919-772-4794 phone
919-662-0370 faxGet more from the Web.  FREE MSN Explorer download : http==
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ace="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=3></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <D=IV><=
FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Petra, of =cour=
se I remember you! In your e-mail you told me "the heck with hostas" (an ==
old love of mine) and you wanted me to tell the group about my GIANT <EM>==
Arisaema triphyllum</EM>. Visitors have echoed your "the heck with hostas==
" and they want to see the A. triphyllum so I am not offended by your rem==
ark. I can look at hostas all year but to see one of these monsters is a ==
wonder. Many have doubted the existence of such a plant or its ability to==
remain a giant, but I found one and it is stable, i.e., it is gigantic a==
nd remains so. I have not tried seed, because it off-sets like crazy, so ==
why use seed. Here, as Petra wants me to, is the rest of the story: In 19==
69 </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT face="=Time=
s New Roman, Times, Serif">I found a large </FONT>colony of the&nbsp;gian==
t <EM>A. triphyllum </EM>in a deep ravine cut by a creek in DeKalb County==
, Georgia.&nbsp;Then,&nbsp;I built my new home in what was a rural area a==
round Tucker. I raced to bulldozers to rescue as many of the wildflowers ==
as I could (with permission from the home builder). I am glad I did becau==
se they are all gone now, overtaken by poison ivy&nbsp;which came in when==
Opal knocked down a bunch of huge trees along the creek.&nbsp;There used==
to be pink ladyslippers there. As I said, I have not tried seed because ==
the tubers send out quite a few offsets so why bother with seed. The offs==
ets also become tall specimens. I have several large plants blooming righ==
t now, one about 48 inches the others around 41 to 44&nbsp;inches with&nb==
sp; leaves that span 26 inches with individual leaflets 8 by 13 inches. T==
he inflorescence is 7 inches tall and the spathe hood is 2.5 inches wide ==
at a height of 38 inches. The stem at ground level is 2.3 inches in diame==
ter. The hood is more erect than the smaller varieties which have a hood ==
that falls down and hides the spadix. These larger ones have the spathe t==
ube wide open with the hood more erect and the spathe tip almost horizont==
al. Tony Avent has seen the tall ones several times during visits spannin==
g several years. I gave him a very large (but not the largest) tuber and ==
he has placed it into the capable hands of Petra Schmidt who just e-maile==
d me to tell me how really big that thing is in Tony's trial bed. I have ==
had these wonderful jacks for over 30 years now and, believe me, they hav==
e remained giants. I hope Petra gets propagation going and Tony can offer==
these to all. Btw, the color of these giants is green, with the leaflets==
a deep green with a bluish cast. I have not seen a maroon-striped inflor==
escence. Currently&nbsp;I also have another large <EM>A. triphyllum </EM>==
which has purple stems and 4 distinct leaflets, the center leaflet being ==
two leaves on separate stems. This one I found in Rabun County, Georgia, ==
near Rabun Bald on private property.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face===
"Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=3></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT=f=
ace="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=3>W. George S.</FONT></D=IV> =
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> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>Welcome George!<BR>The heck with hostas...tell the gro==
up all about your wonderful, GIANT,<BR>Arisaema triphyllum!!!!!<BR>Rememb==
er me?<BR>Petra<BR><BR><BR>Petra Schmidt<BR>Research/Special Projects Man==
ager<BR>Juniper Level Botanic Garden @ Plant Delights Nursery<BR>9241 Sau==
ls Road<BR>Raleigh, NC 27603<BR>petra at plantdelights.com<BR>919-772-4794 p==
hone<BR>919-662-0370 fax<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML><br clear=all>=<h=
r>Get more from the Web.  FREE MSN Explorer download : <a href='http:=//=
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