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From: Anne Chambers <annechambers730 at BTINTERNET.COM>
Subject: Re: Arisaema consanguineum - striped leaves
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I had a similar phenomenon one year with a candidissimum plant. I thought=it
was just some sort of leaf aberration and it was normal the following yea=r.
Anne
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From: "Diane Whitehead" <voltaire at ISLANDNET.COM>
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Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: Arisaema consanguineum - striped leaves


> I don't think I have described these leaves well - they aren't green
> leaves with a silver stripe.  They are very dark brown, the same as
> the flower spathes, with wide pale green stripes following the veins
> - a quick glance, and one assumes the whole brown/green striping
> belongs to flowers.  If one looks closely, one finally realizes that
> a lot of the pattern belongs to the leaves  that are below the
> flower.  (but not the leaves that are above it - those top leaves are
> plain green.)
>
> --
> Diane Whitehead  Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
> maritime zone 8
> cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
> sandy soil