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From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields104 at INSIGHTBB.COM>
Subject: Re: More blooms
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Bonaventure,

We have had heave rains almost every night since I returned from the trip
to Arizona.  We've had 2.5 inches of rain in the past 4 days alone.  Do y=ou
thing there is any point to trying even after the rains?  I'll bring in t=he
sazensoo inflorescence anyway, right now!

The sazensoo is male; the sikokianum and the ringens are female.  I can't
tell just yet whether there is any pollen left in the sazensoo or not --
just now cut it and brought it into the house.

Bonaventure, do you have any stored pollen that might work on either
sikokianum or ringens?  Can you ship your pollen preps?

The inflorescences of serratum were all male, but they are all done for n=ow.

So far no signs of any plants coming up where last summer I planted
candidissimum, consanguineum, fargesii, nor of the older plants of
thunbergii, or urashima.  Should I start to worry yet?

My seeds of triphyllum have not germinated yet either.  They were planted
during the winter, and one pot was left outdoors while the other sat
indoors or in the greenhouse until a month or so ago.

Jim Shields
in central Indiana (USA),
where we just got a toll-free telephone number: 1-866-449-3344

At 07:29 PM 5/8/03 -0400, Bonaventure wrote:
>Dear Jim,
>
>Sikokianum and ringens together! Get out there with an eyedropper and ma=ke
>those crosses! That's what I'm trying to do too. Hope you saved a bloom
>from the sazensoo if it was male - I'd take the dried spadix with pollen
>out and place it into the spathe of a female inflorescence of another
>species.
>
>Bonaventure
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
>Date:    Fri, 2 May 2003 11:41:23 -0500
>From:    "J.E. Shields" <jshields104 at INSIGHTBB.COM>
>Subject: More blooms
>
>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 b=ulb
>pans, which are sitting outdoors.  One of the pots sat outdoors all wint=er
>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.

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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. +1-317-867-3344
Member of INTERNATIONAL CLIVIA CO-OP           and 1-866-449-3344