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> try one in a carnivorous plant bog.  I was amazed at the size of
> the plant.

Yes. While the Tucker collection appears to be a different form, I've
seen my 30 cm natives double their size in a wet position, just as yours
did, David. As a corollary, they diminish after a dry spell. I have only
just started experimenting with other Arisaema species and moisture,
inhibited by the mantra "drainage, drainage, drainage."

It is hard to reconcile the incantation with what I see and with that sli=my
gloop that makes up the decaying old tuber from late summer to the
end of autumn. Does the drainage caution apply more to pots and to
their wilder temperature fluctuations?

Tom Stuart, Croton Falls, New York, 0 F tonight.