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  Another Arum
From: v_rubino at tin.it (Vincenzo Rubino) on 2008.03.16 at 23:24:11(17185)
Ok, my guess this one is just a maculated form of Arum italicum. Never
seen Arum maculatum around here, where "around" possibly means a
thousand km, so it just can't be a hybrid:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/Dr.Palmito/Arumpicchiettatum.jpg

Anyway, please let me know your thoughts.
Ciao

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From: abri1973 at wp.pl (Marek Argent) on 2008.03.19 at 21:47:57(17192)
Hello,

A. maculatum has no spots on the spathe. This one looks like another
dioscoridis variety.

Marek

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From: v_rubino at tin.it (Vincenzo Rubino) on 2008.03.28 at 08:41:12(17253)
Hi all, sorry for the delay in replying.
I've been in Sardinia for the whole Easter week, where had the chance to
admire Arum pictum growing almost EVERYWHERE in the island.. despite
being considered an endangered species (I mean, it's in a list of
protected plants). I'd say it replaces A.italicum in its ubiquity: not
a single one seen there.
I've been also informed that Ambrosinia bassii was flowering on the
coastal dunes some 50km north from my location but hadn't the chance to
go and see myself, so have a look at the pictures of some friends:

http://www.naturamediterraneo.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID@398

Back to the red spotted Arum, I've found it not far from my hometown,
that is 10km NE from the coast of the Squillace gulf (Calabria, Italy)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/Dr.Palmito/map.jpg

where the only Arum italicum, Arisarum vulgare, and to a less extent
Dracunculus vulgaris, are present.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v283/Dr.Palmito/?action=view¤t=Immagine109.jpg

That's why I thought it to be no more than a strange form of A.italicum,
just like the white/blotched D.vulgaris from Crete.
By the way, that place, namely "Valli Cupe", is quite famous for some
wild populations, indeed tiny and isolated, of Woodwardia radicans,
Osmunda regalis and a few others. We could add this bizarre Arum to the
list, if only I hadn't found just one clump. Shall i do more scouting
around and make sure about, maybe some other surprises are awaiting in
the shadows of those canyons:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/Dr.Palmito/valli1.jpg

Ciao

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From: abri1973 at wp.pl (Marek Argent) on 2008.04.04 at 00:12:58(17292)
Hello,

Your unidentified Arum plants have been posted in the Aroid ID Center.
Yoi can access the page from www.araceum.prv.pl or www.aroid.org

Regards
Marek Argent

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