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From: Gusman Guy <ggusman at ULB.AC.BE>
Subject: Re: Arisaema flavum ssp. tibeticum

>I have a nice little clump of this species established at the top of the
>rock garden and coming into bloom now, and am wondering how other people
>have done with it in their gardens?  The Gusmans' book (if I'm reading i=t
>correctly - Guy?) would seem to suggest that the cultural requirements o=f
>this subspecies are hard to meet; but I haven't found it so at all.  The
>site it's in is well-drained, but certainly not completely dry in winter
>or early spring.  I got my stock originally from Mojmir Pavelka (Czech
>Republic), who had obtained it from someone else who I believe collected
>it in the wild.  I got good seed-set last summer, and have lots of littl=e
>seedlings now; and the flowers, opening today (in advance of and well
>above the leaves) reminded me to ask who else grows it, and with what
>results.  It's a charming plant - much larger flowers than ssp.
>abbreviatum, and much, much earlier (I don't think my abbreviatums are
>even up yet, much less blooming).  Are many people growing it?
>
>Ellen

Ellen,
Pascal's reply perfectly describes what I noticed. Tibet is quite a large=country and with more than one climatic zone. One result is that all fla=vums from Tibet are not all identical and most of them are not A. flavum =subsp. tibeticum J. Murata, as seen from recent introductions. Check if y=ou have you a specimen with a purely male spadix?
Guy

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