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Didn't find any trace of the Eranthis I went here looking for, and it was pouring down all day, but the many Arisaema auriculatum I saw here on Xiiling Xueshan made for a nice consolation prize. Alt. about 1500-2000m.
I had sown this Arisaema 2012. The seeds were from wild collection with description Arisaema sp 636 CWT. Collected from NE Vietnam, en route to Fan Si Pan from Tran Son Pass 2100m. To 50cm, 13 leaflets.I have grown it in pot and kept over winter in the root cellar. It comes up quite late in June (A.triphyllum comes up much earlier kept in the same conditions) and has now flowered for the first time.What species this could be? I don't have many Arisaemas, it looks most like A.ciliatum to me (but I don't know them so well), but does that species grow in the location where the seeds were collected?I planted one outside in bed in June, the other one is still in pot.
Cleaning up Arisaemas today and this one was in a clump of consanguineum but is a decidedly different looking bulb. That's a 5"/12.5cm label. Any ideas what it might be?johnw