[Arisaema-l] Arisaema sikokianum "Siamese Twins"

[robyn82hn at charter.net]

Looks like it doubled everything but the stem. Neat picture. Nancy

	-----------------------------------------From: "2csh" 
To: "Arisaema Enthusiast Group (AEG) Discussion List (and other hardy
Aroids", "John T. Lonsdale PhD", "Ed McDowell", "Aaron Floden"
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Sent: 12-Mar-2017 18:19:46 +0000
Subject: Re: [Arisaema-l] Arisaema sikokianum "Siamese Twins"

   Here are a couple of better pictures from my Panasonic camera from
the other side, showing clearly the double ball on the end of the
spadix appendix. The spathe limb on the right appears like it was
trying to divide into two separate ones.    
    Charles Hunter   Smyrna, Georgia, zone 7 USA   

       On Sunday, March 12, 2017 1:48 PM, "robyn82hn at charter.net" 
wrote:

    Neat flower. Blame it on the drought and heat last year. That is
what I am doing anyway.

     -----------------------------------------  From: "2csh" 
 To: "Arisaema Enthusiast Group (AEG) Discussion List (and other hardy
Aroids", "John T. Lonsdale PhD", "Ed McDowell"
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 Sent: 12-Mar-2017 16:08:58 +0000
 Subject: [Arisaema-l] Arisaema sikokianum "Siamese Twins"

     Look at the freak Arisaema sikokianum that is showing in the
garden today. Notice it has 2 opposite spathe limbs and that the
typical white "golf ball" at the end of the spadix appendix is
actually almost split into 2. I call it my "Siamese Twins" A.
sikokianum. It is the only one of that species blooming this early-
some of my others are showing above ground, but not yet close to
showing leaves or bloom. Sorry for the picture quality, but I did this
on my old cellphone, which has an inferior camera, soon to be
upgraded.   
   We are about to have a couple of days of sub-freezing days (high
20's F.), so it will be interesting to see if it survives that OK. Up
until now, we have had a very mild late winter here in the
southeastern USA, and lots of things are blooming early.   
   By the way, this plant is a seedling from a 2012 packet from the
AEG Seed Exchange, from TJ (Thomas Jacobs, New York) where the note
says they were collected wild in Japan from Chiba Prefecture.   
   Anybody else get freaks like this or have an explanation? Make me
wonder if it wasn't close to being a double flower, kind of like a 2
headed snake.   
   Please send your extra seed to Eric as soon as possible for the
SeedEx this year!   
   Charles Hunter   Smyrna, Georgia zone 7 USA   

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