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From: Alan Galloway <alan_galloway at BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject: Re: Dracunculus vulgaris
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Steve, Gene, Michael,

The plants pictured at:
http://www.rareplants.de/shop/prodtype.asp?strParents=6&CAT_ID=521&nu=mRecordPosition=1
are Dracunculus canariensis.  This species is not cold hardy outside here=in
Raleigh, NC, USA
My plants of this species tend to have very light green spathes, instead =of pure
white.
For more pics of this species, see:
http://www.aroid.org/genera/dracunculus/canariensis/index.html

For pictures of the white flowering form of Dracunculus vulgaris, see:
http://www.aroid.org/genera/dracunculus/vulgaris/index.html#Dracunculus%2=0vulgaris
I was able to obtain some plants of this white flowering form, as well as=some
red
and white marbled forms in the past, and they are quite stunning!
The solid white flowering form can have either a dark maroon spadix or a =gold
spadix.

I hope to have some extra tubers of the white flowering form in a few yea=rs that
I can
offer to some nurseries for propagation.

Alan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Goetz" <michaelgoetz at GMX.NET>
To: <ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [ARISAEMA-L] Dracunculus vulgaris


> Hi Gene,
>
> Here
> http://www.rareplants.de/shop/prodtype.asp?strParents=6&CAT_ID=521&=numRecordPosition=1
> Seeds of the white form are offered, though I would't call them common =in
> commerce. in fact I think these seeds are wild collected & am not sure =how
> hardy this plant is.
>
> Best regards from Munich,
>
> Michael
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 08:29:58 -0500
> Von: Gene Bush <genebush at OTHERSIDE.COM>
> An: ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL
> CC:
> Betreff: Re: Dracunculus vulgaris
>
>> Hello Steve,
>>     I am a bit slow in getting my seed sown this year and it is still =in
>> the pulp. Will wash away the pulp, soak a bit with dishwashing liquid,=then
>> rinse and sow into pans. pans get set outside in frames with a cover t=o
>> keep the animals out. that is it. Oh, add some patience. Sometimes the=y
>> germinate like water cress, next time one seed at a time over months a=nd
>> years.
>> Perhaps you will have the water cress experience.
>>     Dracs are not that expensive for blooming size tubers.....
>>     A white blooming? did not know of that one. How common is it...out
>> there in commerce as yet?
>>     Gene E. Bush
>> Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
>> www.munchkinnursery.com
>> genebush at munchkinnursery.com
>> Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana
>>   From: Steve Hatfield
>>   Hello all
>>    Im attempting to grow some Dracunculus vulgaris from seed I purchas=ed
>> on ebay  Has anyone out there had any success with seed? I planted the=m
>> several weeks ago with bottom heat and so far nothing.  Do they requir=e a
>> cold
>> period? The seeds were supposed to be from this past falls berries. I
>> soaked them for about 24 hrs and removed the pulp then planted them in=a
>> typical
>> well drained aroid mix I used for Amorpho=E2=80=99s. They have been ke=pt moist.
>> Any pointers??
>>
>>    Also does anyone out there have white Dracunculus vulgaris I would =love
>> to get a tuber from one.
>>
>>    Thanks Steve
>>
>>
>
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