Arisaema 2013

Submitted by bulborum on Sun, 01/27/2013 - 17:17

I just came along this picture
one of my favourites Arisaema kiushianum
Tomorrow I harvest the corms

Roland

Comments


Submitted by RickR on Sun, 01/27/2013 - 19:16

And what a beautiful plant (and photo) to start this thread with. 

Does this species tend to produce multiple cormlets?


Submitted by Mark McD on Sun, 01/27/2013 - 19:35

Just like I said on your Facebook posting of the same image "hoot hoot". ;D  The flowers look just like a little owl.


Submitted by bulborum on Mon, 01/28/2013 - 01:30

Yes Rick
They produce normally enough cormlets
I can send you some if you like
They will be harvested later on the day

Yes mark a beauty
but I find it difficult to photograph
This is one of the 34 pictures I took
before I was satisfied :o

Roland


Submitted by Gene Mirro on Tue, 04/23/2013 - 20:52

Arisaema sikokianum, grown from seed:

[attachthumb = 1]


Submitted by bulborum on Wed, 04/24/2013 - 01:39

WOW
What a spot

Roland


Submitted by fleurbleue on Wed, 04/24/2013 - 06:07

Gene, delighting sight  ;)

Bulborum, an new unknown Arisaema for me ! The big red Allium I got from you at St Jean de Beauregard Plant Fair grows well but what is its name please ?


Submitted by Mark McD on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 07:14

Gene, that's a mighty impressive colony, like a gaggle of geese.  Did you grow these from seed?  Your climate is more advanced than mine, my plants just broke ground a couple days ago.


Submitted by AmyO on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 19:15

Gene wrote:

Arisaema sikokianum, grown from seed:

When growing these from seed how many years to bloom? I have quite a number of seedlings now that were sown 2-3 years ago.


Submitted by Tingley on Thu, 05/02/2013 - 06:14

Amy: I don't know how long it takes from seed for many Arisaema species, but I have been getting seed from the Arisaema Enthusiast Group, and have been pushing the seedlings along. As soon as they go dormant, I unpot them, and place the tuberlets in a ziplock plastic bag, and they go into the fridge for 2 to 3 months. This lets me start them into growth at least twice per year. With plenty of feeding, it is possible to cut a year or more off the time to first bloom. I am hoping to speed up the growth of several other species this way (ciliatum var liubaense, consanguineum with silvered foliage, fargesii, heterophyllum, jaquemontii, serratum, sikokianum, and tortuosum).Now if only the new seeds would arrive for this season's effort (candidissimum, costatum, and limbatum).


Submitted by RickR on Thu, 05/02/2013 - 17:57

So Gordon, then some of the growth cycles of your seedlings are completely under artificial lights?


Submitted by Gene Mirro on Thu, 05/02/2013 - 22:14

My A. sikokianum are all grown from various seed lots.  They are pretty slow.  You might get a couple of blooms in three years, but most will bloom in four years.  But you have to keep them growing strongly without stressing them.  My plants get full sun for several hours around midday, then some shade in the late afternoon, which is the hottest part of the day.  If you crowd them, they will survive, but they may not bloom or develop well.


Submitted by Tingley on Fri, 05/03/2013 - 05:39

Rick: Wish it were so! I've been growing them in a window if the weather is too cold to use the unheated greenhouse. My first try with pushing them along involved A. consanguineum. The newly sprouted seedlings went dormant quickly, so I had tuberlets about the size of a pea. I re-started them into growth in the house a bit too early and had thin attenuated growth.... but still growth in late winter. They went dormant in spring and I got them going again for the latter part of summer (this time in the greenhouse). All but two of them are already up (southeast window of the house). I started them up a few months ago, as the days were getting longer, and made sure to rotate the pots once they had emerged. The new growth is now complete, totally vertical, and self supporting. I think a few of these nay get to blooming size before this growth cycle is done.


Submitted by Longma on Sat, 06/08/2013 - 07:56

A. flavum

An extremely variable species, and one that seems to be very easy to grow from seed.


Submitted by Longma on Sun, 06/09/2013 - 08:11

A. tortuosum

Another easy species, and a very reliable grower from seed. It has been reported as having an unpleasant smell, but I've never experienced this.


Submitted by bulborum on Sun, 06/09/2013 - 08:50

Very early one
here they are just above the soil  :o
Arisaema triphyllum starts flowering here

Roland


Submitted by Longma on Sun, 06/09/2013 - 09:34

bulborum wrote:

Very early one
here they are just above the soil  :o

You're so right Roland, this one is early. Strangely this one plant is always earlier than the rest. I have numerous others that are just emerging.

A. triphyllum is absolutely one of my favourites. Extremely variable in form and colour, and an easy plant to grow and propagate. I too have some flowering now, but nothing too different from what you have shown us. You have some lovely examples. Sometimes, I think, these 'common' species get overlooked by those in search of the 'new' and 'rare'.


Submitted by Mark McD on Tue, 06/11/2013 - 17:53

Ron, both tortuosum and flavum are impressive.  I've had seed-grown plants of A. flavum last a couple years but they never flowered and eventually gave up.

I agree about A. triphyllum, extremely variable, so it's fun to find different forms, it remains one of my favorite even if it is common.  Roland, the one you show has nice dark purplish stems, I have selected a number of such dark-stemmed ones. This will also hybridize with other species.

A hybrid occured in my garden about 8-9 years ago, between A. amurense and tashiroi.  After about 6 years I lost A. tashiroi, but the hybrid lives on; I have several of these, the hybrid inherits the snake-skin mottled stem of A. tashiroi.


Submitted by bulborum on Wed, 06/12/2013 - 01:35

When everything goes right I get in a week or two 100 corms from road-works
I hope there is some variation in too
I lost my amurense
It drowned probably last year

Roland


Submitted by Longma on Wed, 06/12/2013 - 05:35

Another one that is readily available and very easy to grow well, A. costatum . Produces many tuberlets each year and so multiplies quickly, and is another that is easy from seed.


Submitted by Longma on Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:44

In reply to by Longma

I was given this form of A. candidissimum last year, by Mr. Davey P, who grew it from seed. It is quite an intense one! He tells me it bulks up quickly and is another of the easier species. 


Even in a Genus where 'wierdness' abounds I think this one takes some beating. A. intermedium f. biflagellatum. Not only is the spadix appendage extremely long ( up to 3ft ! ), the spathe limb also ends in a tail which easily reaches the ground and more, twisting along the way! 

arisaema intermedium f. biflagellatum
arisaema intermedium f. biflagellatum