[Arisaema-l] no AEG seeds arrived

[Aad van Beek]

Hello,

As I'm new to arisaema I ordered most of the items on the seedEx list of 2013. Just to get started so to speak.
Based on the experience of David I was skeptic about the the germination of the different species.

But 3 weeks ago I harvested all my 1 year seedlings and was very surprised of the yield and the percentage of species germinated.

Here are my results.
Arisaemas (number refer to number of seedEx)
none
consanguineum(86)
jacquemontii(94)
ringens(3)
serratum(25, 26, 27, 34)
triphyllum(17, 70)
1-4 tubers 
candidissimum(11)
ciliatum(1)
taiwanense(16)
tortuosum(5, 46)
triphyllum(6, 8, 91)
triphyllum var.triphyllum(7, 62)
5-10 tubers 
ciliatum var. liubaense(19)
consanguineum(24, 52, 53, 72)
costatum(9)
erubescnes(55)
fargesii(56)
flavum(49)
jaquemontii(47)
serratum(39)
>10 tubers 
ciliatum(21, 22, 37)
ciliatum var. liubaense(57)
consanguineum(23, 58)
flavum(73, 75, 80, 85, 90)
tortuosum(10, 36, 40, 41, 46)

arum 
(29, 33, 35, 48, 66, 67, 68, 76, 77)  all germinated 
(79) no germination

dracunculus (32) germinated

helicodiceros (31, 65) germinated

pinella pedatisecta(78), tripartita(88) germineated, ternata(4) did not germinate

sauromatum (12, 13) germinated

zanthedeschia (51, 64) germinated

For the arisaema I will split them in one half that goes in the refrigerator for two months to speed up the growing cycle and the other half that I will store for next year.

My question is what is the best way to store the tubers.
For the ones that goes in the refrig. I will put them in ziplock bags but should the bags be filled with slightly moist perlite, nothing or something else?For the ones that are stored outside the refig. Do I store them best in bags at roomtemperature, bags at bedroom temperature or even lower temparture? Should I store them dry or wrapped in moist perlite or towels in either paperbags or ziplock bags?

Cheers,
Aad,
Groningen, Holland, Zone 8a


Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 15:45:34 -0700
From: djleedy at sbcglobal.net
To: arisaema-l at science.uu.nl
Subject: Re: [Arisaema-l] no AEG seeds arrived

Seed arrived today, May 17th, in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, via the USDA Inspection station in Houston, TX.  I also would like to express my gratitude to Eric and others (?) for all of the work and to those who donate the seed.  I am hoping that next year I will be able to donate as well as receive.
 
Rather than dwell on the failure of the seed to germinate, I like bask in the excitement of those which did.  While I planted around 200 Arum seed and only have ten seedlings, I am very excited about each of those ten.  I was a little more successful with Arisaema, and very successful with the Pinellia (ternata has not yet sprouted).
 
My question to those living in the northern hemisphere is when do you plant the seed?  By now, Spring has about sprung and the really hot days of summer are only weeks away (my Arum are dormant, except for the seedlings), only one Arisaema has sprouted, and the Pinellia are all sprouted and doing well.
 
As always, I appreciate any response.
 

David J. Leedy
3151 Cortez Drive
Fort Worth, TX  76116
 
Telephone:  (817) 560-2997
Email:  djleedy at sbcglobal.net
 
USDA Hardiness Zone 8 (Avg. Annual Min. Temp. of 10 to 20˚ F. or -12 to -7˚ C.)
AHS Heat Zone 9 (temperature above 86˚ F. or 30˚ C. 100 to 150 days/year)
Mean Elevation is 670 ft. or 204 meters above sea level.
Average annual precipitation is 34.73 inches or 0.882 meters.  



From: Eric Gouda <E.J.Gouda at uu.nl>
To: Sten Beckman <sten.beckman1 at comhem.se>; Arisaema-L <arisaema-L at science.uu.nl>
Sent: Thu, May 2, 2013 12:15:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Arisaema-l] no AEG seeds arrived


Sorry, very busy yes, but seeds have all been posted yesterday!

Best,
Eric

Op 2-5-2013 14:34, Sten Beckman schreef:





Dear Eric,
 
As far as I can see, I have not received the AEG seeds that I ordered. Have you sent them, or have you been busy?
 
Best regards,
 
Sten

-- 
University Botanic Gardens
att. E.J. Gouda
Budapestlaan 17
3584 CD Utrecht
Netherlands
_______________________________________________
Arisaema-L mailing list
Gallery: http://botu07.bio.uu.nl/temperate/?gal=arisaema
Site: http://botu07.bio.uu.nl/Arisaema-L 		 	   		  
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.science.uu.nl/pipermail/arisaema-l/attachments/20131114/4be164b1/attachment.html