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Subject: More blooms
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Hi all,

While we were visiting Arizona for a week, the local natives, Arisaema
triphyllum, came up and bloomed.  Interestingly, this year they all seem =to
have tinges of brown, whereas last year only one showed any brown in the =in
spathe.  I planted a few seeds that I gathered last year, but none have
come up yet.  They are planted in a couple of 10-inch diameter plastic bu=lb
pans, which are sitting outdoors.  One of the pots sat outdoors all winte=r
long.

A. sikokianum is in full bloom, as is A. ringens.  A. sazensoo bloomed
before we went on vacation, as did A. serratum.  A. sazensoo is finished,
but serratum is still going.

A. kishidae, planted just one year ago, has sent up only a very small lea=f.

I looks forward to seeing the seed exchange posted on the web
site.   Please, Eric, post the whole URL for us when you announce it, lik=e
http://www.shieldsgardens.com/amaryllids/Arisaema.html
for instance.  This makes it a lot simpler for the rest of us.

Indeed, anyone referring to a web page would be doing most of us a great
favor by so posting the URL.  A web site whose address is well known to a
couple of members of the group may not be known at all to the rest of us.

Let me echo Eric's request that everyone interested in the seed
distribution please make a financial donation to the program.  Send it to
Ray at

G. R. Stilwell, Jr.
11900 Coachman's Way
Raleigh, NC 27614


Best wishes to all,
Jim Shields
in central Indiana (USA)

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