We don't often have many pictures of our Aroids that we have around our garden so this is a post dedicated to them. This is to show off how well they are growing and all the different types we have so far.
In the back garden we have a few different types, the most common being Arisaema consanguineum. As you will see from the pictures they multiply quite readily, they do this by producing lots of little corms or bulbs, if you will. This variety also seems to do really well no matter where they are in our garden.
In the back garden we have a few different types, the most common being Arisaema consanguineum. As you will see from the pictures they multiply quite readily, they do this by producing lots of little corms or bulbs, if you will. This variety also seems to do really well no matter where they are in our garden.
Another variety we have is the Arisaema speciosum, this plant is brilliant for the 'wow' factor from visitors to our garden. The speciosum produces a trio of big leaves on each stem, it flowers early in the season around April or May time and it multiplies by producing big chunky tubers.
The Arisaema nepenthoides, we don't know much about but from my research, I have found that they multiply by producing small tubers that grow in early spring. The patterning on the plant is very nice with reddish brown stripes on the stems.
On the deck, we have got an Arisaema costatum, which appears to look very similar to the speciosum. They have very nice dark purple- chocolate coloured flower and seems to grow just as well as the speciosum for us.
Another Arisaema we have on the deck is, the Arisaema tortuosum. The tortuosum has a very intriguing spathe on its flower and it forms the shape of an 'S'. It also has a really nice patterning on its stem, similar to the patterning on the nepenthoides.
In the front garden, we only have a couple of Arisaemas. We have yet another Arisaema consanguineum which appears slightly later than the consanguineums in the back garden.
The other one is an Arisaema flavum. The flavum is a very petite variety, that has a very small yellow flower. These are the only species of Arisaema that are self fertile.
Last but not least, we have a small selection of Aroids in the greenhouse. We have a few Amorphorphallus konjac, which is a cousin of the 'Titan Arum' Amorphorphallus titanium. The konjac flower can grow upto 4ft tall, however, we haven't had one flower yet. We currently have a biggish konjac and a few small.
Next to the smaller konjacs we have got Typhonium venosum, which produces a pretty flower that only blooms for a day but smells of rotting flesh. We also have more smaller consanguineums, as they have multiplied so well.
There are some other Aroids that I haven't mentioned as they are only just appearing, watch this space.
We have got some of our Arisaemas from Ben Candlin, he has a wealth of knowledge and is a very keen grower. To anyone interested this is his website: http://www.bencandlin.co.uk/
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Laura
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