[Arisaema-l] Newby

[Greg Ruckert]

Hi Don,

Where in SA?

Cheers,
Greg Ruckert

Nairne,
South Australia
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Don Fenton 
  To: arisaema-l at science.uu.nl 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 8:29 PM
  Subject: [Arisaema-l] Newby


                              Hello all!

                                                                               Just a quick post to introduce myself to the august Arisæma company . I live in South Australia, a warm Mediterranean climate [zone 9]. On a dry, north-facing block, I don't have much shade. Some years ago I purchased - at hideous expense - a tuber of Arisæma sikkokianum, which has flowered annually ever since, to my great gratification and the amazement of the lucky few who have been privileged to see it. It has not increased at all. A few months ago - autumn, here - I purchased seed of a few other species and planted it immediately: germination was good. Now, in the middle of our winter, very few of these are still above ground, but I think that some tiny tubers have entered dormancy and still survive: I wonder if the few that have not entered dormancy will keep growing until the summer heat stops them? We shall see . 

     I have a few other aroids: Arum palæstinum, A. italicum, and Arisarum vulgare are [almost] weeds, and I have a few Zantedeschia species and hybrids, as well as Dracunculus vulgaris.

     All the best to all,

  Regards,

  Don.

   



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