[pbs] Pinellia cordata
John Grimshaw
j.grimshaw at virgin.net
Mon Oct 30 13:30:32 EST 2006
The only way I have found to grow Pinellia cordata successfully is in a pot,
with best results when grown in a cool shady greenhouse. Then it can be a
lovely foliage plant and the scent of the inflorescence is very attractive.
It is treated as a monsoon plant, with a wet summer and dry winter (have
just today put my pots into a dry shed).
I do not know about "Don Jacob's form" or any others, the only clone I grow
being "Roy Herold's", which, incidentally, is correctly named 'Yamazaki',
after its originator, Hideo Yamazaki. I got my original tubercles from Mr
Yamazaki, via the NARGS seed distribution in 1992, and by comparison with
material from Roy Herold showed they were the same - as they should be,
since his also came from Mr Yamazaki. The whole saga is written-up in:
2001. J.M. Grimshaw & P. Boyce. Pinellia cordata. Curtis's Botanical
Magazine 18: 205-209.
where the text is accompanied by a painting of 'Yamazaki' by Jenny Jowett.
John Grimshaw
Dr John M. Grimshaw
Sycamore Cottage
Colesbourne
Nr Cheltenham
Gloucestershire GL53 9NP
Tel. 01242 870567
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