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From: Paul Tyerman <ptyerman at OZEMAIL.COM.AU>
Subject: Re: Arisarum proboscidium
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At 10:50  29/01/05, you wrote:
>This aroid just popped up in a catalogue and looks intriguing... but the
>catalogue is not exactly well-known for facts. Does anyone on this list
>grow it? Any comments on it as a garden plant?
>

Leo,

No idea how hardy it is, but I grow it here.  I really like it as it real=ly
is rather cute in flower.  It is dormant completely during summer,
reshooting in autumn and holdings its pure green arrow-head type leaves
here throughout winter (which is why I don't know how it does for you in
Zone 5).  The flowers appear below the leaves and just the "tails" (the
elongation on the tip of the spathes) appear above the foliage.  When you
part the foliage to look in at the flowers it looks like a bunch of mice
diving into their holes, hence the common name of "Mouse Plant".

It grows from fine rhizomes and can multiply quite well.  I haven't found
it to be a pest for me as it seems to expand rapidly to a certain size an=d
then stay at that size in the clump, not getting much bigger.  It has a
larger relative called Arisarum vulgare (Cobra Lily) which has flowers th=at
sit up above the foliage and look a bit like cobra heads.  A. vulgare has
marbling on the leaves as well.

Like I said, I cannot comment on how cold either takes, but I really like
them myself.  In a pot the mouse plant also looks rather good as the
flowers tend to sit down over the edge of the pot a bit, so that you can
see them clearly.

Cheers.

Paul Tyerman
Canberra, Australia.  USDA equivalent - Zone 8/9

Growing.... Galanthus, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, Trilliums, Cyclamen,
Crocus, Cyrtanthus, Oxalis, Liliums, Hellebores, Aroids, Irises plus just
about anything else that doesn't move!!!!!

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At 10:50&nbsp; 29/01/05, you wrote: 
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">This aroid =just
popped up in a catalogue and looks intriguing... but the catalogue is not
exactly well-known for facts. Does anyone on this list grow it? Any
comments on it as a garden plant? 
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Leo, 
No idea how hardy it is, but I grow it here.&nbsp; I really like it as it
really is rather cute in flower.&nbsp; It is dormant completely during
summer, reshooting in autumn and holdings its pure green arrow-head type
leaves here throughout winter (which is why I don't know how it does for
you in Zone 5).&nbsp; The flowers appear below the leaves and just the
&quot;tails&quot; (the elongation on the tip of the spathes) appear above
the foliage.&nbsp; When you part the foliage to look in at the flowers it
looks like a bunch of mice diving into their holes, hence the common name
of &quot;Mouse Plant&quot;. 
It grows from fine rhizomes and can multiply quite well.&nbsp; I haven't
found it to be a pest for me as it seems to expand rapidly to a certain
size and then stay at that size in the clump, not getting much
bigger.&nbsp; It has a larger relative called Arisarum vulgare (Cobra
Lily) which has flowers that sit up above the foliage and look a bit like
cobra heads.&nbsp; A. vulgare has marbling on the leaves as
well. 
Like I said, I cannot comment on how cold either takes, but I really like
them myself.&nbsp; In a pot the mouse plant also looks rather good as the
flowers tend to sit down over the edge of the pot a bit, so that you can
see them clearly. 
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Cheers. 
Paul Tyerman 
Canberra, Australia.&nbsp; USDA equivalent - Zone 8/9 
Growing.... Galanthus, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, Trilliums, Cyclamen,
Crocus, Cyrtanthus, Oxalis, Liliums, Hellebores, Aroids, Irises plus just
about anything else that doesn't move!!!!! 
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