Re: Defending Pinellia ternata again ???

From: "James W. Waddick" <jim-jim at swbell.net> on 1997.10.27 at 23:57:59(1527) Dear Aroid-L, Tony, Diana etc; After hearing your horror stories I really got to thinking about it and in all fairness to P. ternata; it is, in my garden, less aggressive and weedy than either P. tripartita OR P. pedatisecta. Both the latter self sow fairly actively, whereas I get little bloom and few seeds out of P. ternata. Certainly its various stem bulbils do a job in moving around, but they can't match the rate of movement of the other two. I think it is my harsh climate (Zone 5/6) , winter lows of -15 to -20 degrees F and low annual rainfall (about 40 inches VERY unevenly) that keep these all in check. I know that in my cold "greenhouse" both pedatisecta and tripartita get very lush and seed around the dirt/gravel floor and every other pot. This is kept around freezing in winter, but stays warm in fall and warms up in spring enough to moderate. I don't think I have ternata in this 'greenhouse' for comparison so I can't tell. On the other hand if I lived ina really moderate climate, I'd probably just plant something else although I do like all three of these a lot. +More best Jim W. James W. Waddick Voice: 816 746 1949 8871 NW Brostrom Rd E-MAIL: jim-jim@swbell.net Kansas City MO 64152 Fax: 816 746 1939 Zone 5/6 - Winter low -10°F Summer high +100°F

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