Judy, much to my dismay I had Japanese beetles devour all types of aroid leaves last year. Arisaema, amorphs, caladiuim, dracunculus. I was stunned. Happening again this year. We soldier on... Bridget in SE PA. > On Jul 13, 2019, at 10:52 AM, Judy Glattstein <jgglatt@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have Sauromatum guttatum, which has an attractive pedatisect leaf. I used to dig for the winter, storing dry in a shallow box in the basement. But have discovered that here in New Jersey they winter over just fine when left in the garden. They are well into growth by now in all the places where they were planted - semi- to less shady. They make offsets, so are developing colonies. > > When stored in the basement they would often flower before planting out. Now - I'm not sure if / when they flower as the spathe arises so close to the ground and there is a lot going on at that (earlier) time of year. When they were flowering indoors and hurriedly planted out I would end up with seed heads. > > Pictures attached. David, you are welcome to add to the Wiki if you would like. > > A different aroid "cousin" - for years I had Dracunculus in a certain garden location. Grew and flowered every year. Then, just a few years ago, it vanished. Upsetting, but these things do happen. This year a large native viburnum partially uprooted and toppled over. Could not resurrect it. Thought I would chop it up when I got to it but lo and behold - it leaved out, flowered, is now making seed. Clearly alive. So I was lopping branches to give it a nicer shape only to discover I was standing on a couple of small dracunculus! Levitated off and told them I was glad to see them! Mysterious and wonderful is the world of plants. > > Third and last - Japanese beetles are, for the first time I can recall, nibbling on the leaf of a large potted amorphophallus. Anyone else seen this? > > Judy in very rainy New jersey where my Musa basjoo has gone into overdrive > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: BelleWood in Bloom_2017-06_Sauromatum guttatum.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 110166 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: BelleWood in Bloom_2013-10_Sauromatum - tuber and seed head.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 171326 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: World of Bulbs_Summer Tender_Sauromatum guttatum leaf - front view.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 296481 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
