Arum 2009

[fermi de Sousa]

I took these pics of a "black arum" in my friend Cathy's garden in Macedon.
Are they Arum palestinum?
cheers
fermi

[Oron Peri]

yes they are Fermi.

[kiwi]

Not a stunner, but Arum cyrenaicum deserves a place in any garden.

[Paul T]

Janis,

Lovely to see the Arum pictum.  A farvourite of mine for the autumn flowers and the lovely red edge to the leaves.  Mine I must admit only have pure green leaves though.... I rather like that veined leaf on yours.  I know I am quite mild here, but they sail through for me here to -9'C outside in small pots, so if you're giving them protection hopefully they will do OK.  Nowhere near as cold as you of course, but the pots would be magnifying the cold, and there has never been any form of damage in the 10 years I have been growing them so here's hoping that they'll do OK for you.  Mine flowers and multiplies happily, so it can't be too upset here! 

[BULBISSIME]

Just back from Corsica, Arum pictum quite common and full flowering !!

[kiwi]

absolutley beautiful to see growing in the wild! Great shots!

[Hans A.]

Here some more pictures of Arum pictum taken today in the local mountains. A very beautiful plant, only the scent could be better.

[Oron Peri]

Hans,
fantastic photos of this Arum pictum ssp. saggitifolium in the wild, beautiful patterns of the leaf .
Does it depend on the first rains in order to flower?

[Hans A.]

Thanks Oron,
yes you are right - it starts to flower after the first rainfalls.

[Oron Peri]

Thanks,

Now we have above photos of the two subspieces: ssp. saggitifolium [yours] and ssp. pictum from Corsica [Fred's], easy to notice the difference.

[BULBISSIME]

Hans, yours photos and plants leaves are stunning !!!
I agree with oron : great to see the 2 forms in the same time ...
Try to get some seeds.

[Anthony Darby]

Fred, the leaves are stunning. No wonder Arum italicum pictum is so named. My A. pictum has plain green leaves.

[Paul T]

Anthony, mine too.  I didn't realise there were marbled leaf forms of pictum about.  I'll have to see if I can track some down over here, as it adds a whole 'nother dimension. 

[Lesley Cox]

But Pictum means painted, or in this case, marbled, Paul. 

I see in Fred's second pic, the Arum will soon have some competition for space, with a Cyclamen. I think the Arum may win.

[Anthony Darby]

I think those are not cyclamen Lesley?