Showing posts with label Arum pictum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arum pictum. Show all posts

Saturday, August 29, 2020

Arum pictum

 

This is my Arum pictum grown from AGS seed, I think it's 4-5 years old now. It's the first Arum I've grown (I thought it was about time to give them a go). A.pictum is from the Balearics and is an autumn flowering species. It comes in various forms, the most usual has a dark spathe and spadix so this is one of the less usual forms. The flower doesn't last long, about a week, which can be a good thing if it decides to emit it's foul smelling "perfume". Some years it does, some it doesn't.

Oxalis Clemence Knight

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