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Matt T

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Mystery aroid
« on: March 17, 2016, 08:11:33 AM »
Hello folks,
Wondering if anyone can help with this one. I picked up some tubers at the Discussion Weekend 2015 small bulb exchange. They were labelled "Biarum sp. G-85-20-01". However, the lobes at the base of the leaves tell me it's not a Biarum. I've not had any flowers. Anyone out there an expert at ID'ing aroids from their leaves?
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Re: Mystery aroid
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2016, 08:47:22 AM »
Leaves look like Arisarum?
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Re: Mystery aroid
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2016, 09:26:50 AM »
They are very similar to what I grow as A.vulgare, but this plant seems to be stouter and more robust than that or any I've seen in the wild. I guess this could be a particularly good form.
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Re: Mystery aroid
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2016, 10:16:14 AM »
I agree with the point you mention it could be a form - indeed, there is a species existing that was once regarded as a form of Arisarum vulgare, Arisarum simorrhinum. I'm quite sure this could be it.

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Re: Mystery aroid
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2016, 08:01:59 AM »
Thanks for that information, Aristoflora. A. simorrhinum is a good looking plant. I'm sure my plant is an Arisarum species, so I will wait for flowers next autumn to confirm which one.
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Re: Mystery aroid
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2016, 08:43:44 AM »
At first glance, they were looking like Arum leaves. Matt's leaves seems to have too many veins, the backward points too sharp and the general form not enough round-oval to be Arisaema leaves. But I'm far from beeing an aroid specialist.
How long are the leaves of your plant, Matt ?
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Re: Mystery aroid
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2016, 11:12:55 AM »
Hope it's not Arum maculatum, I've been trying to eradicate that from the garden for years. Local woods and hedgerows are full of it.
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Re: Mystery aroid
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2016, 07:33:51 PM »
At first glance, they were looking like Arum leaves. Matt's leaves seems to have too many veins, the backward points too sharp and the general form not enough round-oval to be Arisaema leaves. But I'm far from beeing an aroid specialist.
How long are the leaves of your plant, Matt ?

The leaves are about 5" / 12cm long. The habit of the plant does not suggest Arum to me and it's definitely not Arisaema - the tubers were totally different, very irregular and with growth points from all over the surface such it was hard to know which way to place them!
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