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Hi Jim

It's funny how plant's personalities change when they're let loose abroad==
. 
Pinellia ternata is said to be native here, though like many plants it ma==
y have 
been introduced from China centuries ago. Although it's pretty common in ==
the 
countryside, especially on banks of ricefields, it's never invasive, even==
in my 
thanks to hawkmoth larvae; probably a Rhagastis sp. (they also love the= =

Arisaemas and Amorphophallus.) I've found that less water and more sun= =

produces darker purple spathes - shade and ample water gets you green.

I've been growing Pinellia tripartita in a pot for several years now, and==
it is 
very well-behaved. Forgive me for disregarding your advice, but I am look==
ing 
for P. pedatisecta too - three strikes and I'm out I guess... :)

Biarum caught my interest after a Curtis's article a few years ago, but t==
he 
seeds go quickly when available at the AGS, and I've never been lucky=2=0
enough. Perhaps this coming year? 

Other than Arisaema kiusianum (I have a single plant) and A. cordatum (wh==
ich 
I lust for) do you have any other small species of that genus you'd 
recommend?

Cheers!

Michael

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