Comments on: Adam and Eve and Arum http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2009/05/22/adam-and-eve-and-arum/ Thu, 23 May 2013 02:24:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Donna Clark http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2009/05/22/adam-and-eve-and-arum/comment-page-1/#comment-29027 Donna Clark Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:57:21 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=2521#comment-29027 We have a very large patch of arum scarum which is in a woodland area on our property. We've never noticed it before and wondered how can such a thing just occur? We live in Middle TN, just east of Nashville. Thank you, Donna We have a very large patch of arum scarum which is in a woodland area on our property. We’ve never noticed it before and wondered how can such a thing just occur? We live in Middle TN, just east of Nashville. Thank you, Donna

]]> By: Jay Chua http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2009/05/22/adam-and-eve-and-arum/comment-page-1/#comment-25314 Jay Chua Mon, 10 May 2010 09:00:25 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=2521#comment-25314 Fascinating to read this blog. I only know Arum has deep tuberous roots, somewhat resembling those of the Potato. I also read somewhere arum can be used as poison medicine in ancient Elizabethan times, but I am not sure whether it's truth or not. Jay Chua Publisher, PorchSwingSets.com Fascinating to read this blog.

I only know Arum has deep tuberous roots, somewhat resembling those of the Potato. I also read somewhere arum can be used as poison medicine in ancient Elizabethan times, but I am not sure whether it’s truth or not.

Jay Chua
Publisher, PorchSwingSets.com

]]> By: Jax http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2009/05/22/adam-and-eve-and-arum/comment-page-1/#comment-19216 Jax Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:57:25 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=2521#comment-19216 Well, we have a garden full of them - and you are welcome to them all! They are extremely poisonous, smell disgusting and attrack large clouds of flies - especially midges. You might think it nice to grow one or two for novelty, but you may regret it. My gardener spends hours every year digging them up - they are almost impossible to get rid of as they have extensive and very deep roots. Well, we have a garden full of them - and you are welcome to them all!

They are extremely poisonous, smell disgusting and attrack large clouds of flies - especially midges.

You might think it nice to grow one or two for novelty, but you may regret it. My gardener spends hours every year digging them up - they are almost impossible to get rid of as they have extensive and very deep roots.

]]> By: Deirdre Larkin http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2009/05/22/adam-and-eve-and-arum/comment-page-1/#comment-6901 Deirdre Larkin Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:36:06 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=2521#comment-6901 Hello, Lulupix---Would that I could come and see them in the flesh! It is always exciting and interesting to see a plant I know only as a garden subject in its natural habitat. If you have any digital photographs of your spotted arums, or plan on taking any, please do share them with us. Hello, Lulupix—Would that I could come and see them in the flesh! It is always exciting and interesting to see a plant I know only as a garden subject in its natural habitat. If you have any digital photographs of your spotted arums, or plan on taking any, please do share them with us.

]]> By: lulupix http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2009/05/22/adam-and-eve-and-arum/comment-page-1/#comment-6715 lulupix Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:31:56 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=2521#comment-6715 I am afraid it might be a bit too distant but I would love to invite you all to see the beautiful spotted arums that grow in our few extant woods near Anzio, Italy. I am afraid it might be a bit too distant but I would love to invite you all to see the beautiful spotted arums that grow in our few extant woods near Anzio, Italy.

]]> By: Deirdre Larkin http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2009/05/22/adam-and-eve-and-arum/comment-page-1/#comment-3126 Deirdre Larkin Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:56:16 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=2521#comment-3126 Arums are fascinating. There's a very good profile, <em>Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family</em>, by Deni Bown. It was first published in 1988 and was very well-received, and a second, expanded edition appeared in 2000. Arums are fascinating. There’s a very good profile, Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family, by Deni Bown. It was first published in 1988 and was very well-received, and a second, expanded edition appeared in 2000.

]]> By: Deirdre Larkin http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2009/05/22/adam-and-eve-and-arum/comment-page-1/#comment-3109 Deirdre Larkin Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:46:48 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=2521#comment-3109 Hello, Anthony---I'm very glad to hear from you on this. This isn't the first time you've cited Rufinus, who has not hitherto been on my bookshelf, but I've ordered a copy of the Thorndike edition! There are a number of plants of the same species whose variants were given male and female identities in the Middle Ages: e.g., the male scarlet pimpernel being red, and the blue sport female. Although many European plants of meadows and roadsides are naturalized in the U.S., our own natives still dominate in woodlands. I've often seen our Jack-in-the-pulpit (an English plant name borrowed from your arums and applied here to <em>Arisaema triphyllum</em>) in the northeastern U.S., but I've never seen <em>A. maculatum </em>growing spontaneously. The USDA Invasive Plant Database records <em>Arum italicum</em>, a commonly-grown garden plant here, as an escape. It has been reported in North Carolina and on the West Coast but the <a href="http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ARUM2" rel="nofollow">USDA</a> has no record of cuckoo-pint naturalizing anywhere in this country. It is not often grown in gardens here, either---except in Shakespeare Gardens or other refuges for storied aliens like the gardens of The Cloisters. I'm very grateful to you for the information that spotted and unspotted individuals grow happily together---it is not something I would have discovered for myself. I would still like to acquire some spotted specimens, since the spotting was an indicator of the character assigned to the plant. Hello, Anthony—I’m very glad to hear from you on this. This isn’t the first time you’ve cited Rufinus, who has not hitherto been on my bookshelf, but I’ve ordered a copy of the Thorndike edition! There are a number of plants of the same species whose variants were given male and female identities in the Middle Ages: e.g., the male scarlet pimpernel being red, and the blue sport female. Although many European plants of meadows and roadsides are naturalized in the U.S., our own natives still dominate in woodlands. I’ve often seen our Jack-in-the-pulpit (an English plant name borrowed from your arums and applied here to Arisaema triphyllum) in the northeastern U.S., but I’ve never seen A. maculatum growing spontaneously. The USDA Invasive Plant Database records Arum italicum, a commonly-grown garden plant here, as an escape. It has been reported in North Carolina and on the West Coast but the USDA has no record of cuckoo-pint naturalizing anywhere in this country. It is not often grown in gardens here, either—except in Shakespeare Gardens or other refuges for storied aliens like the gardens of The Cloisters. I’m very grateful to you for the information that spotted and unspotted individuals grow happily together—it is not something I would have discovered for myself. I would still like to acquire some spotted specimens, since the spotting was an indicator of the character assigned to the plant.

]]> By: Anthony Lyman-Dixon http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2009/05/22/adam-and-eve-and-arum/comment-page-1/#comment-2662 Anthony Lyman-Dixon Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:24:48 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=2521#comment-2662 I shouldn't bother getting the spotted seeds from Europe, Rufinus merely suggests that the non-spotted form is the female plant. He didn't seem to have noticed that the plants multiply quite happily in the absence of both "sexes" I shouldn’t bother getting the spotted seeds from Europe, Rufinus merely suggests that the non-spotted form is the female plant. He didn’t seem to have noticed that the plants multiply quite happily in the absence of both “sexes”

]]> By: Authentic Italian Cuisine Blog http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2009/05/22/adam-and-eve-and-arum/comment-page-1/#comment-2302 Authentic Italian Cuisine Blog Tue, 26 May 2009 23:39:15 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=2521#comment-2302 facinating, never heard of that. Regards David Moretti facinating, never heard of that.

Regards
David Moretti

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