We
purchased two pots of Arisaema seed at a plant
stall a number of years ago; one pot had a
label Arisaema jacquemontii but the other no
label. Both pots germinated. When they
eventually flowered we had jacquemontii and
the other was flavum.
Arisaema
flavum is a small species widespread across
eastern Africa and southern Asia. It has
greenish yellow to bright yellow spathes,
2-4cm long held level or just above the
foliage, which are borne in summer, followed
by green berries turning red in autumn, which
we sow beside the parent plant.
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Germination
is good. We grow one plant on the
crevice bed in full sun and it grows
to approx. 15cm (6”) tall. Another
plant is in a slightly shaded bed with
richer soil and grows to approx.
20-25cm (8-10”) and seeds well.
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