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ARISAEMA 2023 I BECAME A NATIONAL PLANT COLLECTION HOLDER. I PROBABLY NOW HAVE ABOUT 600 MATURE AND YOUNG ARISAEMA. AN OBSESSION GONE NUTS. WITH MORE ON ORDER. NEXT YEAR I INTEND TO START SELLING.
Arisaemas on this page: angustatum v peninsulae,candidissimum, consanguineum, concinnum, cucullatum, dracontium (2023),erubesens, exappendiculatum ( 2024), fargesii, flavum, franchetianum, heterophyllum, intermedium, kelung-insulare, kiushianum, leschenaultii, lichianhense, nepenthoides and propinquum.
Arisaema A - Q
A. angustatum v peninsulae
Picture above, potted on, and right taken on 2 June 2021 the day they arrived. Crug farm had a compost issue so the plants are not as good on arrival as they would have been.
Height: 90cm
Spathe colour: Burgundy
Flowering period: May - June
Origin: South Korea
Section: Pistillata
Hardy
A. candidissimum pink
This one arrived from HimalayanGardens.com in 2016. Today 28Mar21 I discovered 3 offsets had completely separated from the parent which I have potted on.
These pictures taken 6 June 2021
Picture to the right was taken on 28Jun21. The plant was supplied by Jacques Amand.
When I examined pot 28.1 in Feb22 the plant material rotted away but not before it left behind seven offsets. These are shown below
From top left 28.1A
28.1B
28.1C
28.1D
28.1E
28.1F
28.1G
A. consanguineum
This arrived on 8 March 2021
Height: 75cm
Spathe colour: Green
Flowering period: May - June
Origin: Nepal
Section: Sinarisaema
Hardy
A rarity for an Arisaema as it likes sun.
These pics were taken on 14 March 2021. I have this Arisaema for a number of years. Not sure why it has decided to be this well advanced but who is complaining.
There is a second leaf unfurling.
The shoot emerged sometime in January. One very odd thing happened to this Arisaema. I must have disgarded it somehow and in 2018 I found it growing, without initially knowing what it was, in a very large pot in 6" of water with no soil. It was about 12" tall. Everything I read about Arisaema is they need good drainage to avoid rotting and there this one was happy as Larry. I wish I had taken a photo.
This Arisaema does not mind a bit of light which is why it has done so well in our conservatory
These were taken 21 March 2021. It is now 60cm tall, growing in Humax compost with no vermiculite or grit added. The tallest it has been.
Picture below taken 31Mar21
Picture taken 28Mar21 with a 3rd leaf unfolding. It is not hanging about.
Picture below taken 13 April 2021
A. consanguineum 'perfect wave' arrived in March 2021 from Adventurous Plants. Now 16Feb22 there are eight offsets.
A. concinnum
Picture above taken on 28 May21 and left 6 June 2021. The pseudostem which covers the stem is striking.
Picture above, left and below taken 16 June 2021. It is 85 cm tall.
Pictures above below and below right taken on 20 June 2021.
A costatum
Height: 35cm
Flower colour: Burgundy
Flowering period: May - July
Origin: Tibet and Nepal
Section: Arisaema
Hardy
I have had a Costatum in my front garden for many years. It has had no special treatment. It is full sun most of the day and it loves it there. It has formed a nice clump and is ready for digging up for the offsets.
See picture right. It was taken in 24 May 2020. Sorry about the picture quality. I will take better ones this year.
Picture above taken on 31 May and right 6 June 2021
Picture left taken 16Feb22 showing offsets. The original at top of picture arrived from Anglia Bulbs March21.
A. cucullatum
I cannot find much information about this rare species. I sowed 13 seeds on 15 January 2021 . The picture right was taken on 15 May 2021. As well as the 4 obvious seedlings there is one in the top right pot. On closer inspection there do seem to be more germinating that you cannot see in the picture.
Unfortunately are the seedlings dying.
As of 5 June23 4 very much alive.
Height: ?cm
Spathe colour: Green
Flowering period: ?
Origin: Japan
Section: ?
Hardy: No
Picture taken 17 May23
A. dracontium
Height: 130cm
Spathe colour: Green
Flowering period: May - July
Origin: USA
Section: Tortuosa
Hardy: Yes
Picture above taken on 28Feb23 and on left 28May23.
A. erubesens
Height: to 80cm
Spathe colour: Green with pink tint
Flowering period: May - June
Origin: Nepal
Section: Sinarisaema
Hardy: Yes
From Gusman's description there should be some pinkishness to the spathe, peduncle and petiole. I have checked my other 2 examples and they are more like this description whereas the one below not so much. Although if you look carefully at the speudostem it does have some pink in it which is more evident when you look at the actual plant. There should also be some striping to the petiole and peduncle. I will discuss with the supplier.
Apparrently according to Gusman A. erubesens is often misnamed when actually it is A. consanguineum 'red form'.
Picture above taken on 18 Mar22 and left 23Jun22.
A. exappendiculatum
Just noticed the spelling mistake.
Purchased from licelia 2000 on Ebay. Arrived 4 Jan24.
Height: to 1.2m W: 60cm
Spathe colour: Green or Purple with brown stripes.
Flowering period: May to June
Origin: Nepal
Section: Sinarisaema
Hardy: Yes
A. fargesii
Height: 130cm
Spathe colour: Purple
Flowering period: May -June
Origin: Tibet and China
Section: Franchetiana
Hardy
Picture below taken 6 June 2021
Arrived 18 March 2021 from Adventerous Plants
Picture above and left taken on 20 June 2021
Picture below taken 15Feb22. There will be a plentiful supply of offsets to come in the years ahead. 35.1 will be planted outside in one of my pre-prepared raised beds.
Picture right taken on 15 Feb22 shows offsets which have been potted on. Amazingly all three have their own offsets developing.
36.2 has four offsets and I am yet to check 36.3.
Also I have already ordered another three.
A. fargesii continues to produce many offsets.
A. flavum
Above seedling, you can just see it, germinated 8 April 21. There are 59 more seeds in the tray. It was sown on 18 December 21 outside.
Left is a seedling kept in a heated greenhouse and it germinated on 31 March 2021
Arisaema seeds have a germination suppressant on them so it does not matter when you sow them they will germinate when they are ready in the spring.
The tray to the left has 60 seed sown on 18 December and started to germinate on 31 March 21 in a heated greenhouse. On 11 April there are 24 seedlings plus 2 others in another tray. In an outside tray shown above there were 2 germinating on 8 April slightly behind the ones in the heated greenhouse.
The above arrived on 17 March 2021 and on the left was taken 2 April 2021.
Unfortunately A.Flavum turned into A. Sikokianum on left. I told the supplier, direct bulbs, on 18 April 2021 with pictures. Their supplier confirmed I had the wrong one and on 20 April I received A. Flavum shown below. These things happen but how fast was that response.
Picture right taken 16 June 2021.
Picture above and right taken on 20 June 2021. This specimen is 55cm tall which exceeds all of the height information I have read.
Picture left taken 6MAR22
Picture taken 25 June 2023
A. Franchetianum
Height: 40cm
Spathe colour: Maroon
Flowering period: ?
Origin: China and Northern Myanmar
Section: Franchetiana
Hardy
Pictures either side taken 6 June 2021.
Pictures above taken 16 Jun 2021. Are 15cm high.
A. franchetianum should have a trifoliate leaf. This year 2023 one has produced a flower and two offsets. The leaf is also dividing at the top.
See below at pictures taken on 6JUN23.
A. Heterophyllum
Picture above taken 22 May 2021, left 31 May and below 6 June.
Height: 45cm
Spathe colour: Green
Flowering period: Summer
Origin: Asia
Section: Tortuosa
Hardy
PICTURE LEFT TAKEN 27FEB22. WITH 3 OFFSETS.
A. Intermedium
Height: 30cm
Spathe colour: Green
Flowering period: May - August
Origin: Himalayas to Yunnan in South Western China
Section: Arisaema
Hardy
A sun lover to part shade.
Picture on right taken 15 April 2021
Picture either side taken on 25 April 2021.
Notice the very long appendage to the spadix which is brown and about 88cm long. The extension to the spathe is green and much shorter. I feel some research coming on.
A. Kelung-insulare
Height:
Spathe colour:
Flowering period:
Origin: Taiwan
Section:
Hardy
The picture left is how it ( 3 ) arrived on 2 June 2021 and is potted on. It struggled at Crug Farm due to a problem with their compost so does look in poor shape. It has already flowered.
A. Kiushianum
Height: 45cm
Spathe colour:
Flowering period: May- June
Origin: Kyushu, Japan
Section: Flagellarisaema
Hardy
Picture below taken 13 April 2021
Picture on left taken 6 April 2021 and below and right on 11 April 2021.
Picture above taken on 15 April 2021, on right 17 April and below on 1 May.
Picture right taken 7MAR22.
PICTURES TAKEN 29 MARCH 2022
A. Leschenaultii - Also known as the Kerala Lily.
Height: cm
Spathe colour: Purple
Flowering period: July- September.
Origin: South Western Ghats, India
Section: Arisaema
Hardy
A. Lichiangense
A. Nepenthoides
Picture above taken on 9 April 2021. Below taken on 17 April. They are different plants.
Picture below taken on 11 April 2021.
Picture on the right taken on 28 April 2021. It has decided to send out the spathe first.
A. Propinquum
Height: 90cm
Spathe colour: Purple
Flowering period: Late spring
Origin:
Section: Arisaema
Hardy
Picture above taken on 15 May 2021 and above right on 28 May 2021
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