Arisaema 2011

[Pascal B]

Arisaema costatum and true Arisaema erubescens from Nepal

[fredg]

I have this plant as Arisaema kiusianum, there are photos under this spelling in the Aroid Society pages.
However, they have it under the spelling Arisaema kiushianum in the species list.


Sorry I couldn't resist holding up the spathe tip  

[Pascal B]

Fred, taxonomists can make it confusing but the proper name is kiushianum...

Arisaema kiushianum is named after Kyushu-island, the third biggest island of Japan. One would be tempted to say because the island has the extra "h" the species also got the "h". However....., another well known species from Japan, Arisaema sikokianum, was named after Shikoku-island......but isn't called A. shikokianum but sikokianum. I often wondered why that was and thought it maybe had something to do with the fact that kiushianum was described by a Japanese botanist (Makino) whereas sikokianum was named by a French botanist (Franchet). But no......, it seems the "latinisation" of the island name is at the discretion of the author of the species so there is no rule for that.

[ArnoldT]

Arisaema tortuosum (Wall.) Schott

[johnw]

Arisaema taiwanense from cw seed in Taiwan by Philip MacD.  I'm as intrigued with the leaf formation as the rather sinister flower.

Hopefully now that PMcD is back from sw Turkey he will post more photos now that we've recovered from the Epigaea gaultherioides shot.

johnw

[Maggi Young]

Arisaema taiwanense from cw seed in Taiwan by Philip MacD.  I'm as intrigued with the leaf formation as the rather sinister flower.

Hopefully now that PMcD is back from sw Turkey he will post more photos now that we've recovered from the Epigaea gaultherioides shot.

johnw

I agree, I can spend ages just admiring the way arisaemas unfurl... magical plants.

By the way, YOU may have recovered from the Epigaea shock... I'm still hyperventilating and have counselling booked for next week to calm my nerves.

[Lesley Cox]

now that we've recovered from the Epigaea gaultherioides shot.

johnw

WHERE, WHERE?

[johnw]

now that we've recovered from the Epigaea gaultherioides shot.

johnw

WHERE, WHERE?

Maggi  - Obviously we han't accounted for the possibility that Lesley was still in a lowndesii-induced stupor when Philip posted the avalanche of Epigaea.

Try this Lesley   -   http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=7343.0  Travel thread under Eastern Turkey. Careful.

johnw

[Brian Ellis]

Lovely to see these, and I am reassured by a visit to the Old Vicarage at East Ruston, where their Arisaema are just beginning to poke out of the ground.  Hopefully mine will soon do the same!

[Pascal B]

A red and another white form of candidissimum

[fredg]

This is unfair.
I'll be looking for the different forms of  A. candidissimum now.
Anyone ever seen multi-story greenhouses for sale? 

[Maggi Young]

Sort of, Fred.. there was a high-rise version at Chelsea......
The B&Q Garden http://www.rhs.org.uk/Shows-Events/RHS-Chelsea-Flower-Show/2011/Gardens/A-to-Z/The-B-Q-Garden

[Robin Callens]

Arisaema dahaiense (easy from seed and makes tuberlets as well)                                                 
Arisaema dahaiense
Arisaema concinnum (stoloniferous)
Arisaema concinnum
Arisaema exappendiculatum (stoloniferous)
Arisaema intermedium
Arisaema erubescens (stoloniferous)

[Johan Nilson]

Great pictures everyone!

Very interesting to see all the beautiful candidissimum variants. I am growing a white form of it but it will be a couple of weeks before it will flower here.

Some of the Arisaema species that has been flowering here during the last weeks;

A. engleri
A. yamatense var. sugimotoi
A. speciosum var. mirabile
A. griffithii
A. serratum_
A. thunbergii ssp. urashima
A. thunbergii ssp. urashima-leaf

[ranunculus]

An arisaema in flower today ... an identification please?