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Subject: Re: Arisaema flavum ssp. tibeticum
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Yes, the form Pascal mentions was collected in a very arid area around
Chusum, south east of Lhasa in the rain shadow of the main Himalayan rang=e.
Rainfall is so low that crops have to be irrigated and flavum was growing=in
dust-dry conditions. But I have grown it in the wet west of Scotland (74
inches of rain last year) without problems - there is no doubt from
observations in the wild and here that in dry conditions the flowers emer=ge
first and the plant is shorter and less soft and leafy ( and more attract=ive
I think) than when there is adequate water. My plants are yellow with a
maroon internal blotch, all bisexual, though I didn't check sexuality in =the
wild.

Anne

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From: "pbruggeman at tiscali.nl" <pbruggeman at TISCALI.NL>
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Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: Arisaema flavum ssp. tibeticum


> Ellen,
>
> I can only speak of pot cultivation and I treat it the same as
> I treat the other forms of flavum I grow. It seems to flower before the
> leaves if kept on the dry side early in the season and when kept more
> moist flowers with the leaves. Not all habitats in Tibet where it grows
> are dry and exposed, it also grows in more moist situations so the
> cultivation probably depends on the clone. One of the clones I grow was
> a collection by Anne Chambers which is supposed to come from rather dry
> conditions (right Anne?) but seems very easy in cultivation when kept
> as moist as the other forms. How many clones are in cultivation I don't
> know, it is not really widespread in cultivation but I also know that
> some clones with a dark throat from Tibet are in cultivation, not all
> clones are yellow throughout.
>
> Pascal
>