Arisaema engleri Pampan. Once upon a time, we had this page titled A. bockii. But, as is their prerogative, the taxonimists changed their minds and said A. engleri was the proper name. Then again, ask another taxonomist and he will tell you A. bockii is the proper name. For now, let's consider them to be synonomous.The pictures from Nina Lambert that used to be on the A. bockii page were conclusively determined to be A. amurense, and were moved to that location. Click on the picture to see a larger image.
Distributed by Chen Yi Plants as A-12, A. sikokianum "According to Arisaema specialist dr. Jin Murata, this plant represents Arisaema bockii. They are certainly what Pampanini published as Ar.engleri. Murata puts Ar. engleri as a synonym to Ar. bockii. In that case, this plant is a purple form of Ar. bockii." W. Hetterscheid, 4/20/99
Arisaema engleri, purple-spathed form, plant. (Photo:Wilbert Hetterscheid)		Arisaema engleri, purple-spathed form, leaf detail. (Photo:Wilbert Hetterscheid)
Arisaema engleri, purple-spathed form, inflorescence. (Photo:Wilbert Hetterscheid)		Arisaema engleri, purple-spathed form, female spathe/spadix. (Photo:Wilbert Hetterscheid)
Arisaema engleri, purple-spathed form, female spadix detail. (Photo:Wilbert Hetterscheid)
Distributed by Chen Yi Plants as A-24, A. du-bois-reymondiae "According to Arisaema specialist Dr. Jin Murata, this plant represents Arisaema bockii. Guy Gusman thinks it is Ar. amurense, looking like Korean forms of this species he himself collected. Whatever it is, it seems to be a green form of the purple spathed Ar. bockii/engleri elsewehere on this page. Murata doesn't agree with Gusman's opinion that this is Ar. amurense but has yet to explain why. Gusman thinks Ar. bockii cannot be reprresented by this plant for several reasons. It all boils down to a taxonomic interpretation of the rather incomplete holotype specimen of Ar. bockii." W. Hetterscheid, 4/20/99 "When Wilbert sent me a picture of the so-called A. du-bois-reymondiae, I immediately thought of A. amurense - even if the presence of two leaves looked strange to me, it sometimes happens in A. amurense - but I also told Wilbert that my plants were still dormant and that I had to wait a little before making an ID. Now there are flowering, I am sure that they are NOT amurense but a green spathed A. engleri - up to now, I still prefer A. engleri to A. bockii - and there are many reasons to be sure of that: the size of the plant, always two leaves, the absence of tuberlets.." G. Gusman, 5/10/99
Arisaema engleri, green-spathed form, plant. (Photo:Wilbert Hetterscheid)		Arisaema engleri, green-spathed form, leaf. (Photo:Wilbert Hetterscheid)
Arisaema engleri, green-spathed form, inflorescence #1. (Photo:Wilbert Hetterscheid)		Arisaema engleri, green-spathed form, inflorescence #2. (Photo:Wilbert Hetterscheid)
Arisaema engleri, green-spathed form, female spathe/spadix #1. (Photo:Wilbert Hetterscheid)		Arisaema engleri, green-spathed form, female spathe/spadix #2. (Photo:Wilbert Hetterscheid)
Arisaema engleri, green-spathed form, female spadix #1 detail. (Photo:Wilbert Hetterscheid)