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Subject: Growing from Seed.  Was: [ARISAEMA-L] Hybrids
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Ok, my brain sees "tortuosum" and starts thinking "tortuosum."  Not so!

The species I have been successful in growing in a pot is yunnanense
aridum.  In fact, my 4 or 5 plants all bloomed this past summer and a see=d
head is still in the pot.  I'll collect and clean the seeds, if it isn't
too late.

Jim Shields


At 08:29 AM 11/26/2009 -0500, you wrote:
>This is an interesting topic, and I hope that Erick, Bo, and all will
>continue working on hybrids.  I just want to remind everyone that a few
>years ago, there was in discussion in this list of storing pollen of
>Arisaema for use when plants do not bloom together.
>
>What is the longest time period that Arisaema pollen has been stored and
>has retained viability?
>
>I myself am not any good at growing Arisaema from seed.  The batch of
>flavum I managed to grow disappeared once they were planted outdoors in =a
>bed in the ground.  Only with tortuosum do I have seed-grown plants that
>come up and bloom regularly.  This is also the only Arisaema I have
>managed to keep alive in pots.
>
>So I'm not even dreaming of hybridizing Arisaema, but I hope others will
>keep working on this.
>
>I wish everyone in the U.S. a very happy Thanksgiving Day.
>
>Jim Shields
>in chilly, damp Westfield, Indiana
>U.S.A.

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