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Aroids Partly documented

Arisaema clavatum

A woodland Arisaema of south-central China (Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Hubei region). It grows from a tuber in shaded, humid forest and goes fully dormant through a cold winter. Treat it as a hardy-ish woodland bulb: shaded and moist in summer, cold and dry in winter.

Arisaema clavatum
Photo: Motohiro Sunouchi, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Shaded forest understorey and ravines in humid mixed forest; inferred from the genus.

Few records carry an elevation; most Chinese Arisaema of this region grow at roughly 500–1500 m.

ChinaSichuanChongqingGuizhouHubei

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✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY 4.0 licence, unmodified.