Arisaema 2009

[Regelian]

Lesley,

I rather like yours.  Very smart-looking with the brown through out. 

Now I know I did have it correctly IDed.

[gote]

Have you tried some of the better coloured A. triphyllums?

No I have not. In my part of the world Arisaemas are not easy to get.
I have had some survive mild winters and be whiped out in cold winters.
The triphyllum clones I have tried have not been reliably hardy.
Last summer I had serratum, candidissimum, maximowiczii and flavum but the last winters have been mild.
It is far too early to see which have survived this year. Candidissimum usually emerges in June.   
Göte

[gote]

Thank you all for your info.
I will try to remember posting the results from this winter which was the coldest since 2005 or perhaps earlier.
I will not know for sure until late June. Candidissimum emerges around midsummer here.
Göte

[David Nicholson]

Maggi, we seem to have two of these threads?

Edit by Maggi:  So we do....I thought I fixed this the other day.... too much chocolate I expect.......I have merged the two threads into the  Bulbs General Section

[Lesley Cox]

Lesley,

I rather like yours.  Very smart-looking with the brown through out. 

Now I know I did have it correctly IDed.

Jamie I grew mine from seed, as A. consanguineum! It may be ciliatum var liubiense. Would you like a few seeds? I picked the ripe head just yesterday. If so, send me your postal address privately.

[kiwi]

A few more Arisaema ciliatum var liubaense.

[Regelian]

Beautiful, Doug, the lighting is perfect.

did you grow these from seed?

[kiwi]

No I was lucky to be given these bulbs as off sets, but most of my collection is from seed from the AEG and other collectors here in New Zealand. If you have had luck with A. candidissimum, A. fargesii and A. Franchetianum are two beauties that should be hardy enough for your conditions.

[Eric Locke]

After slowly building up a small colony of A Sikokianum all but one seems to have been lost this winter.                   I wonder if a similar experience has been found by others. 

Eric

[Lesley Cox]

Some seed on the way Jamie.

[Regelian]

Doug,

I've been looking for any species seed, as I find there are always a few extra hardy and adapatable kids in there.  Cologne is a mild climate, much like Scottland and England, but we do get the occaisional hard Winter, like this last one. -15°C!  I lost quite a few delicate perennials, but the established plants seemed to actually benefit. 

Lesley,

thanks!

It is currently pouring down outside, which was much needed.  Of course, Arisaemas have their own brollies!

[Tony Willis]

a couple of arisaema in flower on pots

Arisaema sikkokianum
Arisaema nepenthoides

[kiwi]

Hi Jamie, try looking up the AEG on line, Arisaema Enthusist Group. The seed list has gone out earlier in the year but It still could be open for orders?

[Robin Callens]

Hi all,

Here are some more pics of easy Arisaemas in the garden flowering now:

1) A. serratum
2) A. amurense
3) A. ringens (green flower)

And two not so easy Arisaemas in the garden:

4) A. sikokianum
5) A. engleri

Robin

[Tony Willis]

Robin very nice plants and good to see.I just checked and my ringens is just emerging and is only an inch high. Strange because I thought you would be much colder than me and my plants would be earlier than yours.