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SUNBONNET SUE FROM DEEP, SOUTHEAST TEXAS SAYS:
I HAVE JACK-IN-THE-PULLPIT (ARISAEMA TRIPHYLLUM) A NATIVE TO EASTERN NORTH AMERICA 2 FT. LEAF STALKS BEARS 3 EACH 6"LEAFLETS.
FLOWERING STEM IS TALLER THAN LEAVES. IT HAS A HOODED SPATHE TO 6 INCHES. IT IS GREEN OR PURPLE WITH WHITE STRIPES (THE PULLPIT) AND A GREEN OR PURPLE WITH WHITE STRIPES SPADI(JACK)
IT IS A WOODLAND PLANT.GROWING ON MY PROPERTY BY LAKE SAM RAYBURN. HIGH HUMIDITY, 44" ANNUAL RAIN, HOT HUMID SUMMERS:
BLOOMTIME: APRIL-BERRIES/SEED PODS IN JUNE.
IT GROWS IN MOIST WOODLANDS FROM CANADA TO FLORIDA, AND WESTWARD TO KANSAS AND TEXAS
CULTURE: NEED PARTIAL SHADE TO FULL SHADE WITH A RICH MOIST SOIL. I USE A SOIL MIX CONSISTING OF 2 PARTS PEAT MOSS TO 1 PART LOAM TO 1 PART SAND OR PERLITE. THE PLANT SHOULD BE KEPT MOIST THROUGHOUT THE GROWING SEASON. FERTILIZE MONTHLY WITH A BALANCEDD FERTILIZER DILUTED TO 1/2 STRENGTH RECOMMENDED ON LABEL
PROPIGATION: BY SEEDS OR CROMS: AFTER THE FOLIAGE DIES BACK, THE CROMS ARE LIFTED AND REPLANTED IN POT OR GARDEN AREA IN FEBRUARY. THEY WILL USUALLY BLOOM WITHIN 6 TO 8 WEEKS
IN AUTUMN SEED POD BERRIES RIPEN IN THE FORM OF A BUNCH OF BRIGHT, SCARLET, SHINING BERRIES.
AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S BOOK, PLANT PROPAGTION SAYS TO REMOVE THE BERRIES FROM THE PLANT AS THEY RED & RIPEN, AND SQUASH THEM TO RELEASE THE SEEDS. THE FLESH OF THE BERRIES MAY INHIBIT GERMINATION, SO WASH THE SEEDS AND DRY THEM FOR 24 HOURS IN A WARM PLACE.
SOW IMMEDIATELY IN TRAYS WITH A SOIL-BASED SEED SOIL MIX AND FINE GRIT OR COURSE SAND. MOISTEN THE MIX THEN SPREAD THE SEEDS OVER IT. COVER THE SEEDS WITH A THIN LAYER OF MIXTURE. CAN BE SLOW AND ERRATIC AND THEY RECOMMEND KEEPING ALL SOWN SEEDS UP TO 4 YEARS BEFORE DISCARDING THEM. ROOT IS BOTANICALLY KNOWN AS A CROM, IS SHAPED LIKE A TURNIP. PLANT IS SIMILAR TO A CALLA LILY. HOWEVER, IT HAS AN EXTREMELY BURNING TASTE, AND ALL PARTS OF THE PLANT ARE CONSIDERED TOXIC IF CONSUMED. CROM CONTAINS OXALATE CRYSTALS.
DIG AND DIVIDE CROMS TO TRANSPLANT ELSEWHERE, IN FEBRUARY. GOOD LUCK IT IS AN INTERESTING PLANT TO BEHOLD!
