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19. Kaichen Nurseries last year (2003) as species (1) A-06

• Bonaventure Magrys (20 May 2004): From my garden this month. First 2 are an Arisaema received from Kaichen Nurseries last year as species (1) A-06. The leaves have a sharp pink border.
• Eric Gouda (21 May 2004 ): (to Guy) Could it be A.elephas where the spadix-appendix is not lifting? Or is it a normal A.speciosum? 
• Guy Gusman (22-5-04): It is certainly not A. speciosum and looks like A. elephas, as you suggested. We got the same plant A-02 from Chen Yi in 1998 and it was indeed A. elephas. The spadix appendage is S-shaped and upturned when at the opening of the spathe, later it becomes downcurved. The species closest to elephas is wilsonii, which is bigger, emerges c. two months earlier and has a stipitate spadix, crenate at the base. The spadix of elephas is subsessile, just a little constricted.

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