Arisaema dracontium seed set
Jean Halverson
jahalve at MHTC.NET
Wed Dec 7 11:46:48 CET 2005
I have had several mature Arisaema dracontium plants but no seed set. I
knew that the younger plants are usually male and have quite a few of
them. The larger the plant, though, the later it emerges in spring. I
finally realized that I was sharing the larger male plants with others.
These were the plants whose bloom time overlapped the female plants.
A year ago, I kept several of the larger male plants near the female
ones. This year I had seeds. This may seem obvious but spring is busy
and I wasn't paying attention to the smaller plants and their bloom
time.
Jean Halverson
Dodgeville WI USA
Zone 5a and it's about 0 fahrenheit with 5" of snow--too cold for this
time of year!
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