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Good morning, Jim.  yunnanense v. aridum is a delightful thing tol me..  =I
had it (got it by accident from Chen Yi)   Flowered and set seed  and the=n I
lost it.  I wil be waiting for your offer of seed.  How did you grow it.?

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From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields at INDY.NET>
To: <ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL>
Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 8:10 AM
Subject: Growing from Seed. Was: [ARISAEMA-L] Hybrids


> 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 s=eed
> 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 an=d
>>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 tha=t
>>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 wil=l
>>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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