Noooo! You forgot to mention Arum palaestinum which is also fabulous!! Another fascinating thing about some of the carrion scented (😺) varieties is that they are thermogenic…when the plant needs pollinating it heats up it’s tuber (rhizome?) which intensifies it’s odour…but once pollination has occurred it reverts back to normal…now, who ever thought that plants go on heat too? You guys are almost as cool as the arums…almost!
Didn’t forget palaestinum but it wasn’t in flower when we needed to finish the video. Perhaps another time, I could then do some others I missed. Regards Stephen
I live in Canada, zone 6. I have had an Arum in my garden for years, and this is the first time it has had berries. Thank you so much for such great information. Your channel is awesome. The information you provide is stellar. Keep uploading videos. I look forward to them.
Fascinating show! Might need to watch this one again to identify the bully that has arrived in my tropical garden (via neighborhood migrating birds). Beautiful leaves on the plant…crawling everywhere! ty
If it's not much extra hassle, adding a plant list to your vid description is an excellent resource. I support an interenational growers network and spend ages trawling back through vids trying to find a plant mention I saw ages ago. Plant lists make finding the vid much easier. - - I hear a lot of celebration in the UK of Stephen's dahlia. It has dne really well during our horribly hot summer. Everyone here wants it and nobody can get it.
Wow wow wow Awesome video! About time someone took the time to explain where true Arum sit in the Aroid world. I adore all types of Arum and a few that you have in this video are on my bucket list! We are in the UK and getting plants and tubers sent here is getting harder and harder. I love that you ended by clearing up the Arum Lilly (zantedeschia aethiopica) confusion that causes us issues including with google when looking for new varieties of Arum. I’m actually off to Crete next year and plan to do some botanising while there! I’m new to your channel but if you haven’t already I’d be interested in seeing a similar breakdown for: Amorphophallus Arisaema Sauromatum Remusatia Typhonium (as you probably have some!) And the mighty Xanthosoma Keep up the great content and keep sharing your partners botanical art as it all adds to the mix! Kudos from the UK
Not sure I'm qualified to talk about the other Genera you mention but who knows we may well interview someone in due course who is! Thanks for your kind words and I hope you get to see Arum idaeum in quantity as we did when there as well as white, green and mauve forms of Dracunculus vulgaris ! Regards Stephen
Another treat of a video, this time about one of my favourite groups. I so enjoyed seeing all the beautiful italicum varieties. You have a great collection. Maybe you will do a special on arisaema some time, if you grow them?
Wow!! I learned alot. Im still waiting to see if you mention the kind growing in my yard in israel. They arent spreading profusely but do come up regularly every year. What i know is local palistinians pick the leaves and know how to prepare them to eat so they are not posinous. Hm.
we don’t have zones in Australia so it is not only a foreign concept but literally foreign as they are American. I would hope there is a resource on the net the would in fact zone plants for you. we tried when we first started our channel but I had to research each plant for zone and so it wasn’t me using my knowledge. Hope you will forgive us! Regards Stephen
I loved this! I collected Italicum berries two years ago in winter here in Scotland in the wild. I grew them and have them in a pot. I’ll leave them there - I’m battling white butterbur and losing so I don’t need anything else that’s invasive. I brought some caladium and colocasia bulbs back from the Netherlands and have been enjoying them this summer. They have arrowhead leaves but I’ve not investigated the reproductive innards of the flowers. I will now having watched this. Are they related at all? I know I could ask Google but I’d rather ask you ☺️ Thanks for a terrific vid 👍🏼
Caladiums are tropical aroids so yes are related. You could be wise not to let the Arums loose but a wildest part of a garden could be the place and don't forget to deberry the plants in pots so they can't escape. Regards Stephen
Horribly invasive. Terrible terrible terrible. They are non native to North America but people have been planting them and they are spreading everywhere. Nearly impossible to get rid of once it starts spreading.
another all species are likely t.o be weedy for you as only one seems to be in Australia and that is Arum italicum. Do remember our videos go world wide so will engage with different people in different ways. The North American relative the Skunk cabbage has become a weed in England. Regards Stephen
