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Subject: Re: Arisaema terratipartium
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Thanks very much, Barry.  The botanic garden in question has heavy clay
soil, which might explain its demise there.

regards,
Jim Shields

At 01:05 PM 3/12/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Arisaema ternatipartitum (note correct spelling) is a very rare Japanese
>species from the Japanese islands of Shikoku, Honshu and Kyushu.
>
>It has two leaves with 3 leaflets each.  The inflorescence blooms at the
>leaves unfold. The spathe has interesting "ears" at the base of the
>spathe hood.  The spadix is club-shaped.  It is unusual in that the corm
>sends out rhizomes and forms new corms at the tips, forming open
>colonies.  It is easily grown in rich, humusy soil in shade, hardy to at
>least USDA Zone 6, probably much colder.
>
>Barry R. Yinger
>Pennsylvania, USA USDA Zone mid 6
>
>"J.E. Shields" wrote:
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > Can someone fill me in on Arisaema terratipartium?  I have not encoun=tered
> > this name that I can recall; it isn't in the "RHS Manual of Bulbs", J=ohn
> > Bryan, editor (Timber Press, 1995).  Where does it come from?  What a=re its
> > closest relatives in the genus?
> >
> > I have a report that it did not survive outdoors in a Missouri garden=.  Any
> > comments?
> >
> > Thanks for any comments you can offer.
> >
> > Jim Shields
> > in central Indiana
> >
> > *************************************************
> > Jim Shields             USDA Zone 5             Shields Gardens, Ltd.
> > P.O. Box 92              WWW:    http://www.shieldsgardens.com/
> > Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA                   Tel. +1-317-896-3925

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Jim Shields             USDA Zone 5             Shields Gardens, Ltd.
P.O. Box 92              WWW:    http://www.shieldsgardens.com/
Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA                   Tel. +1-317-896-3925