Now where did you find that pic of me!
My A speciosum seeds are nearly through, just pushing the surface!
Arisaema season, who has any showing?
Now wallaby, no need for all that modesty. You know I got your pic from the centerfold of the spring issue of "Herpetological Excess Today"! ;-)))
My speciosums are sprouting too. Still just under the surface....
R.
I'm cheating a little, 'cause this picture is from last year, but it's so "snakey", I thought you'd like it anyway. This is A. heterophyllum; about four feet tall. The only jack I've got blooming now is tiny kishidae... I'll try to squish out through the rain tomorrow and take a picture. Sikokianum is just opening, and serratum coming out of the sheath. We're late this year due to late freezing weather.
Don
LOL! Love the pic Robert!! Janet, now the truth is known, identity revealed!
Don, that is fabulously snaky! Can't wait to see others from your collection!
This is Arisaema kishidae, from Japan... early bloomer and rather small. The open spathe is just a little freeze-frazzled; we had a record setting cold spell in Mid-April, when the flowers were just poking up. The spathes on this species are naturally quite "papery" and transluscent. this is a variegated-leaf form. It rather rapidly forms a clump.
Not terribly impressive picture, but you have to love clumps of baby Atisaema sikokianums coming up.
Arisaema ringens rapidly forms a lusty clump: this has only been in the garden three years.
Finally, Arisaema serratum is just starting to unsheathe, like a tall, narrow snake... this is var. mayebarie, with almost coal-black flowers, and leaves that look like they were dipped in ink. Not many plants in our garden stop people in their tracks, but this three foot tall Jack will do it.
Wonderful pics zonedenial! A heterophyllum is one I would love to have, I like the way the leaves spread.
A sikkokianum looks very happy in your zone, and outside, it's supposed to be tricky here in the ground but if you are growing it outside surely I could! I have 8 out of 10 seeds popped up of the variegated leaf one.
A ringens is a fantastic plant, it's good to know it's that hardy, I have my eye on one!
A kiushianum is another I am lusting for, and I had A. thunbergii ssp urashima on order from jacquesamand but they don't seem to have it, they said it would be available this spring. I can feel a grump coming on!
Is there anything special you do to overwinter your arisaemas?
Wow, your last one is unbelievable! There is a seller here on ebay has an unnamed sp. which is black, but he wants £15 plus postage for it!
I don't do anything special... we're in zone 5a here, with the lowest temp. reaching minus 30 F a few years ago... everything sinks or swims on its own (and I've lost a few over the years... primarily due to rot from poor drainage).
I've got about twenty different Jacks that grow well here, and most multiply (or even seed about).
Don
I think that is amazing, to grow so many in your zone. You must be doing something right!
What other Arisaema species do you have?
Can't wait to see that Arisaema serratum opened up!!
Wallaby... I'm doing this list off the top of my head:
candidissimum, speciosum, consanguineum, ringens, kishidae, sikokianum, heterophyllum, flavum, fargesii, dracontium, amurense, maximowiczii, robustum, urashima, takadae, serratum, yamatense, and I guess I can't take credit for triphyllum since they grow wild all through the woods. I'm sure I'm forgetting a few.
Don
It's suprising how they add up! I see plantdelights were offering serratum var. mayebarie, the colour looks true there! I haven't seen that one here (yet).
http://www.plantdelights.com/Catalog/Current/Detail/07571.html
Listing mine
consanguineum
sikkokianum babies
sikkokianum silver leaf seedlings
speciosum
griffithii var. pradhanii
fargesii
triphyllum
ciliatum var. liubaense
nepenthoides
Desperately wanting to order more from adhocplants (or anywhere), but they cost so much!
Don't you just love fargesii... looks SO tropical. It just blows me away that it comes up every spring, with its huge leaves.
Don
I would love it even more if I got spathes on it! Mine looks small still, it's later to grow but I did repot it this year, hoping! I think the original bulb wasn't that good, it possibly grew another from that so it may take time.
I now have 9 out of 10 of the A sikk var. seeds grown, don't expect a tenth, I think one seed didn't look good but that is great germination! These were fresh fresh from an ebay seller in Italy who grows them, I got another 10 seeds of the ordinary sikk from a reputable source but they aren't showing.
Some more early jacks are just starting to open: I'm not sure what this one is (it was obtained un-named)... maybe yamatense? I've never sat down and tried to really key it out. Maybe two feet tall; the flower is more "interesting" than beautiful, but nice foliage, and hardy as heck.
Don
They are all interesting! I'd say you could be right
http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/aol/image?query='arisaema%20yamatense'&invocationType=imageTab
Whoopee, I did a search for it and found a site here selling arisaemas I didn't know about!
http://hellebores.hort.net/arisaema.html
Starting to get a lot more arisaemas blooming: the A. serratum var. mayebarie is open now.
Urashima:
I don't think I can stand not having those! The serratum v. m. is out of this world! So wierd the way the flower rises well above those interesting leaves.
A. urashima I can get one wayor another, that whiplash is amazing!
A few of the A speciosum seeds have popped up with leaves, and I have one A triphyllum seedling.
The other A triphyllum has opened, not a good pic but here it is anyway, will have to get a better one. This is so different to the other one, nearly white tube with red flush at the base, and a red stem! It has very clear white stripes under the very dark hood. I love this!
Wallaby... you know, in my life I've probably seen 25,000 different triphyllums (they grow all over the place here), and I've never seen anything like that. There are two different populations here (there is discussion about whether they are different species or subspecies); light green flowers and burgundy... but NOTHING like your flower. There are a few named selections; Black Jack, for example, but again I've never seen anything like yours. Either it's a hybrid (which I think I favor), or a most remarkable selection. I know in GB you plant freaks have a lot of stuff in commerce (even native NA plants) that we don't have, but if that plant is unique to your garden, I'd show it around and see what people think... you may really have something.
Don
Well... I went looking, and apparently red stemmed triphyllums similar to yours are found in New England... funny, here in Iowa we have tons of them, but none that have stems that bright red, or that white of an exterior to the bowl of the spathe... still a beauty. Triphyllums get huge here, and are always invading my shady flower beds and forming big clumps... we're so used to them that they're just a nuisance, but I suppose there are worse things.
Don
As long as I'm gabbing on endlessly; two years ago I sowed the seeds from a big head of sikokianum, just sticking them in the ground; got about a hundred seedlings. I gave away about half of them, and have about fifty in the garden, some with patterned leaves. I'm going to plant a bunch of them together to make a big clump.
don
Don, those are great. I'll have to check mine out tomorrow, last time I looked it had not opened. The hosta is about to take it over.
Haha, that triphyllum came from the KY neck of your woods! A friendly DGer is responsible, thanks friendly DGer. The stem has turned more of a dark mahogany brown now but it was that colour for a start. I was very surprised, and pleased, I think it must be a rare selection and I've never seen a pic like it!
I can't believe you stuck a head of seeds in the ground and got all those, flowering two years later! I don't think they would flower that quickly here with our normal weather, but it sems they should even if it does remain chilly for much of the year! If I put mine in the ground the moles would dig them up and I would lose them, anything I water has worms and it's getting very dry.
Was one of the parents of your sikkokianum variegated?
LindaSC , that looks to be a very tall spathe, please post a pic when it opens!
Yes, the mom was variegated. Here's some of the variegated babies... I've just got sikokianums coming out of my ears; they are really tough, and bloom young.
Don
Love them, but it's probably too hot and dry for them here.
A. serratum var. mayebarie is a dramatic dream!
I should have put a yardstick in my picture of A. serrata; it's three foot tall. Here is A. robustum, which I think more properly is A. amurense green form or ssp. robustum... it's a small jack, which I think one could say is of more botanical interest than garden interest, compared to a lot of other Asian jacks, but it's nice anyway.
Don
A robustum has a nicely striped green hood, I love them whatever they are!
I got some pics yesterday of the triphyllum, this one is as true to the colour it has turned, the tube is getting a green flush and the red has turned a mahogany red-brown. My fingers absent from the top lifting up the hood.
It's strange the way it makes a plain green tube, then this amazing thing pops out!
I just love the way jacks unfold, too... like some giant pterodactyl slowly unfolding its wings.
zonedenial - I'm jealous of your "handle!"
I wish I'd though of it first.
dd
D.D.; after seeing what happened to my garden after the Big Freeze this spring, I think I should have picked Zonestupid.
Don
If you had a big freeze I'm surprised your Arisaemas are doing so well!
A speciosum is pushing a leaf, it's stem is bulging and it was a very large tuber so I would think there's a spathe in there somewhere.
The arisaemas still had their noses underground when it froze (17 F for three nights). The Japanese maples and double-file viburnums got whacked. Your speciosum is going to be awesome.
Don
I can't wait to see it, is your speciosum nearing to flower?
I don't think I will get a spathe on A griffithii Pradhanii, it has made a good leaf but no sign of a spathe. Last year it had a poor excuse at the base but it was it's first year, it was a huge tuber. I may still get one, I am dying to see that!
Loving the show! I'm curious if seed sown from those A.triphyllum would produce any green flowered plants. I find them side by side often.
Don, I LOVE those A.sikokianums! If you ever have extra seed or tubers, I have lots of goodies I'd be happy to trade.