[Arisaema-l] Arisaema-L Gallery Image Upload (3453) Arisaema engleri x sikokianum

[Don & Liz]

Lotte,

We're (now, with the recent upgrade) 5b. Average precipitation about 34", minimum temps down to-15F, south-facing but with high shade. The garden is on a hillside, with very (too) well-draining soil as the hill is composed of glacial till (sandy clay). However I dug out my flower beds and refilled with loamy, rich soil 18" deep; so the jacks are growing in rich, very loose soil with a fast-draining base. I grow costatum, speciosum, tortuosum, kishidae, ringens, serratum, yamatense, candidissimum, dracontium, flavum, ternatipartitum, consanguineum, heterophyllum, and a couple others I can't think of off hand. Of course triphyllum grows all through our woods (and pops up in my flower beds). I suppose our garden is close to Ellen Hornig's previous garden, except we're a little harsher; our snow cover isn't as good, and our summer high temps. are higher, and less precipitation overall, so I can't quite grow the exotica she could.

don



Don


On Apr 18, 2012, at 9:52 PM, Lotte Hedges wrote:

> How exquisite!  Would you mind sharing the type of conditions in your garden – soil type, humidity, light, drainage, minimum temperature,etc.  I would really appreciate it.  Many thanks for posting this gorgeous picture.
> Lotte  
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> on 4/18/12 9:33 PM, Don & Liz at lizndon at mchsi.com wrote:
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>> It's always interesting how certain plants like certain gardens for inexplicable reasons; the climate in my eastern Iowa garden is not exactly Japan, but A. sikokianum grows like crazy here; I wouldn't be exaggerating (too) much by saying it has designs on taking over the garden. From the seed from two original tubers, there are now probably fifty adult plants, some quite massive, and I probably have two-three hundred seedlings. On the other hand, I can't grow an ordinary columbine to save my soul.
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>> Don
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>> On Apr 17, 2012, at 4:48 PM, 2csh wrote:
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>>> Jim: Your very attractive hybrid flower looks a lot like my sikokianum flower. And most people agree it is the most attractive flower of any arisaema. Can't disagree with that. 
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>>> SIkokianum does OK for me here in north Georgia- do you think it is the warmer weather that it likes down south? But you may be at lower elevation. (Certainly has nothing to do with the gardener!)
>>> Charles Hunter
>>> Smyrna, Georgia USA  z7 @ 1000 feet
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>>> --- On Tue, 4/17/12, Jim McClements <jimmcclem at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> From: Jim McClements <jimmcclem at gmail.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Arisaema-l] Arisaema-L Gallery Image Upload (3453) Arisaema engleri x sikokianum
>>>> To: "Arisaema Enthusiast Group (AEG) Discussion List (and other hardy Aroids" <arisaema-l at science.uu.nl>
>>>> Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 10:40 AM
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>>>> Attached is another sikokianum hybrid, probably with A. takedae and/or limbatum. Don Jacobs sold a similar cross back in the old days, and Roy Herold also did one. I'm not sure which source this came from, but it's done very well here and has seeded around the property. This, in a place where sikokianum never has survived! There are less colorful forms in the seedlings, but they all seem to like it here (Zone 7a).
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>>>> Jim McClements
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>>>> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 10:08 AM, <Webmaster at florapix.nl <http://us.mc1804.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Webmaster@florapix.nl> > wrote:
>>>>> Arisaema-L Gallery Image Upload (3453) Arisaema engleri x sikokianum
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>>>>>                From: Erick Adams
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>>>>>                Name: Arisaema engleri x sikokianum
>>>>>                Note: In 2007 I managed to pollinate my last living  A. engleri with A. sikokianum pollen before it expired. The following year only 13 seedlings emerged.  As of this year (2012) only 3 of these F1 plants are left and the largest has finally bloomed.
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>>>>>                URL: http://botu07.bio.uu.nl/temperate/?gal=Arisaema&id=3453 <http://botu07.bio.uu.nl/temperate/?gal=Arisaema&amp;id=3453> 
>>>>>                File: Arisaema/Arisaema_engleri_x_sikokianum_3453.jpg
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