Re: Florida Arisaema.

From: Iza & Carol Goroff goroff at idcnet.com> on 2001.03.06 at 17:48:02(6019) Julius Boos wrote: > Yesterday I came across a seemingly natural population of an Arisaema sp. in > Hobe Sound, just N. of Jupiter on the E. Coast of Florida. This is way > South of where I had read they occur, which was I believe somewhere around > Gainesville, N. Florida. It is in a tidal bog just W. of the > intercoastal, around Condos. 'A' and 'B' of a development called 'Loblolly > Bay', built on stilts over this black, wet smelly soil, sand fly infested > swamp!!! A LOT were in bloom, the plants varied in size from 12" or so up > to 3 - 4 feet! I know that there are two species recorded from Florida, A. > dracontium and A. triphyllium ( ? ), any know how I can tell the > difference?? A. dracontium has multiple leaflets/leaf; A.triphyllum has but three. A. dracontium ("Green Dragon") has a very narrow green spathe; Aa triphyllum has the usual "Jack-in-the-pulpit" shape. Its spathe can be striped or not, green or yellow or brown or red or purple. Iza Goroff +More Whitewater Wisconsin USA zone 4b

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