My bargain of the day

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  1. longk

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    In the covered market in Oxford there is a florist that always sells interesting bulbs.
    Last year I got Scadoxus multiflorus and (huge) Hymenocallis festalis bulbs.
    Today I got this...............
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    It's a tuber for Arisaema speciosum. Good size at 75/80mm for just £2.50.

    This is what I should get...................
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    Photo from here (http://allthingsplants.com/plants/photo/48550/)
     
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      :wow: x does it drink water from the ground its got a long thin tongue :scratch: never seen one before :blue thumb:
       
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      Wow what a bargain Longk!!! :spinning:
       
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      Joolz - this one is pretty common in GC's...........
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      Arisaema costatum.

      Aesculus - I'm pretty pleased with it!
       
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        That's lovely we'll done you
         
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          Nice one :dbgrtmb: , I grew a couple in a large pot a few years ago; stunning plants...
           
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          I had one given me as a gift before I had fully grasped hardiness Bilbo and lost it:doh:
          As you say, they're really special!
           
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          Good bargain :dbgrtmb:
           
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          What a great bargain. So it goes outside in the summer? Then dies down and you dig up the tuber for overwintering frost free? Sounds easy, there must be a catch for something as exotic looking as that.
           
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            Thanks Sweet Pea!

            JWK - no catch! Just grow in a pot and chuck it in the garage for the winter!
             
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              There is only so much i could over winter in greenhouse or potting shed,id love one of them x but ive murder my dwarf banana plant so i doubt it would have no future being in my care :cry3: stunning ,its an envious looking and wanting plant longk :dbgrtmb: x
               
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              Go get one Joolz - you may surprise yourself!
               
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                I looked for this in a GC on the way home this evening, they had a big range of Taylors bulbs but alas not this one.
                 
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                ive been googling how to care for one but not sure where i would put it longk:scratch: near the gunnera maybe :) il do more research 1st...love your flickr photos :blue thumb:
                 
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                Did they have Bessera elegans JWK?
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                I'd certainly recommend that!

                Thanks Joolz:thumbsup:
                Google Arisaema candidissimum - that might sway you!

                 
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