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Subject: Re: sex life of A flavum
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At 01:40  13/07/02 +0200, you wrote:
>Sorry, Paul, A. flavum ssp. flavum is just like A. flavum ssp. abbreviat=um
>except larger. Think of it as ugly squared.

#$(@*$%$#_#%+@ !!!!!!!!  Why call it flavum if it is beige? <sigh>.

I had heard rumours that most of the Arisaema flavums we have here are ss=p
abbreviatum.  I hope so because I'd hate to see the abbreviated version i=f
what I have is the full sized one <grin>

>
>The one you want is A. flavum ssp. tibeticum. Some of these are quite
>spectacular in a miniature way. Pure lemon yellow held high above the
>leaves, they just seem to float in the air.

So.... when are you sending me some seed of it then Ray?  Please!????

>
>As far as being pests, I can't keep them alive for more than 2 years her=e.
>I think it's the hot summers and the wet winters. Members in the cooler
>northeast have no trouble at all.

I think they could colonise easily here.  I threw the immature seed heads
into a corner of the back yard last year and a month or two later found
some evidence of seeds there.... so I think they're going to come up ther=e
too.  They will be out of the way enough there to actually leave them, bu=t
that is about it.  Maybe I'll be lucky and some of the seeds will produce
the first ever A. flavum with flowers teh size of A. candidissimum???  I
can dream can't I?

Thanks for the info on flavum ssp flavum Ray.  At least if the flower is =a
bit bigger it won't look so dreadfully out of proportion.  Cruel of you t=o
term it "ugly squared" though as I'll always think of that every time I s=ee
them now <grin>

Cheers.

Paul Tyerman
Canberra, Australia.  USDA equivalent - Zone 8/9
mailto:ptyerman at ozemail.com.au

Growing.... Galanthus, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, Cyclamen, Crocus,
Cyrtanthus, Liliums, Hellebores, Aroids, Irises plus just about anything
else that doesn't move!!!!!