[Arisaema-l] facing arisaema?

[Charles S. Hunter]

Henry: I have a large A. maximowiczii growing along a path right in front of
a Japanese native azalea. It came up this year with the spathe facing right
into the azalea and it was next to impossible to see. I dug a big bunch of
dirt around the tuber, turned it 180 degrees, watered it and it is fine. If
it doesn't "stay turned" next year, I will turn it again. I did that last
year to a sikokianum and it came up better this time. If it were purely a
function of how much light is on one side of a plant vs. the other, why
would inflorescenses on plants side by side not all face the same way- they
do not for me. 

Charles Hunter
Smyrna, Georgia USA
Zone 7

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Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 9:22AM
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Charles,

When you turn them, do they stay "turned" the next season?

--Henry Fieldseth
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, zone 4

--- On Thu, 6/30/11, Charles S. Hunter <2csh at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> I get them facing different
> directions next to each other with the same
> light.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> On Behalf Of Carolyn Schaffner
< I didn't know that!!  Please explain!  I
> thought the way the  
> spathe, or any bloom, faces is a function of light. VERY
> INTERESTING!
> 
> AND thanks for the comments!
> 
> Carolyn Schaffner in Buffalo, NY
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