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Subject: Arisaema ringens
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Arisaema ringens offsets being stored in the refridgerator are starting t=o sprout. This is the nice variety with the black "skirt" that I original=ly got from Asiatica in 2000. Outdoor garden plantings are still dormant =of course, 29F here by day, colder at night. The mother bulb has been dug=up twice and replanted, eventually growing back to a clump of blooming s=tems. Last fall's tuber production included 2 huge tubers, replanted, and=about 7 medium sized ones.

Some were given away, but 4 kept in my kitchen refrigerator bare bulb, lo=osely wrapped in plastic, have grown a 1-2 inch shoot and have sprouted m=any roots of that length. I've potted 3  and wrapped the pots in  plastic=bags. The shoots broke the surface and have extended another inch. The r=emaining bare bulb has not progressed, and now the potted ones seem to ha=ve paused growth.

My question is, will they remain in "stasis" well after outdoor ones have=sprouted and bloomed (mid-April)? I am trying to delay their blooming so=that they may bloom concurrently with some of my later blooming Arisaema=s (fargesii, galateum, griffithii, and possibly candidissimum) so that I =may cross-pollinate them.

Thanks,
Bonaventure Magrys
Cliffwood Beach, NJ
USA zone 7