Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: johnw on December 28, 2009, 07:27:14 PM
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Last summer I posted a shot of a mystery perennial I was given. It was quickly identified as Arthropodium cirrhatum.
Today I was watering plants in storage and was alarmed to see a plant that appeared to be badly infected with Stagonospora curtisii. The plant turned out to be the Arthropodium cirrhatum. I wonder now if it is indeed stag or there is another disease which might be known affect Arthropodium especially in the southern hemisphaere. I thought Stag only affected Amaryllidaceae. At first the red bits appeared to be only at damage points - slug damage, leaf bending etc. - however closer to the centre was what looked like classic stag. Not surprising to have disease on anything after this past monsoon-like summer.
Any thoughts? The plant is now in the growing and long line-up to the green bin.
johnw
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I can't say that I've noticed any type of disease at all on Arthrpodium cirrhatum. I have three different forms of it here, one with pinker flowers one with wider leaves that the usual. Their main problem is that they are not fully hardy. It is a coastal plant from more northern parts of the country.