Re: Sauromatum vernosum (Voodoo lily. Syn. S. guttatum) seed

From: Lester Kallus <lkallus at earthlink.net> on 1998.05.18 at 21:38:05(2167) It can't be too complex to germinate S. venosums. Actually, I've never even bothered to do the work, the plant has done it itself. I started with 6 tubers back in 1983 and now have masses of plants from the seeds that it sends out on its own. I live in zone 7a and just leave it outside and ignore it (except for occasional miticide since this plant is a mite magnet). If you live in NC, I'd suggest you just plant it outside in some spot that gets dappled shade, kill any mite that lands on it and get set for massive numbers of plants once it's big enough to bloom and set seed. This is the same plant that the wholesale Van Bourgondien catalog sells as Arum venosum. They claim it to be a zone 10 plant but that's clearly an exaggeration. It does quite well in zone 7. Les

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