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Subject: Re: Arisaema flavum ssp. tibeticum
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Thanks to Pascal and Guy in particular for their clarifications.  Guy, I
only have 2 flowers open so far, and both are bisexual.  If your book
correctly describes A. flavum ssp. tibeticum, I don't think there's much
doubt that this is that species...it has the small spathe-tube, the large=and
horizontally held spathe, and the whole inflorescence is held well above
the emerging foliage (if you want some photos, e-mail me privately).  It
*is* a blotched form (the "throat" is dark
inside).  Anyway, for those who want to try it, it seems to grow easily i=n
a clayey loam amended with sand, at the top of a rock garden (so quite
well-drained) in full sun.  Of course, our prolonged winter snow cover
makes a lot of fussy plants easy to grow.

Yes, folks, land here is *very* cheap, the summers are gorgeous, and the
town is laboring mightily to attract a new nuclear power plant.  Buy in
now, while you still can...it's a great gardening climate...:-)

Ellen

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Ellen Hornig
Seneca Hill Perennials
3712 County Route 57
Oswego, New York 13126 USA
USDA zone 5B (mintemps -10 to -20F)
Phone:(315) 342-5915
Fax: (315) 342-5573
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