Arum dioscoridis
Dioscorides Arum
About the plant
What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.
- Habit
- tuberous geophytePlants of the World Online
- Flower
- Yellow-green, maroonRead from the photograph on this page
- Native range
- Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, TürkiyeGBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.
Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Read from the photograph on this page — Deno's Garden; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Worth knowing
- Spotted arum is named after the ancient Greek physician and botanist Pedanius Dioscorides. James Edward Smith described it in Flora Graeca in 1816. Wikipedia: Arum dioscoridis
Protocol
DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998Difficulty Moderate
Warm moist stratification
Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark
2/8 germinated in this phase.
Cold moist stratification
Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C
about 3 months from start to step 2. Germination happens during step 2, in 28 days.
50% germination in 14–28 days.
How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.
Germination trials
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