It is not often that something unusual catches my eye as I walk through my local wooded back yard, then I saw this: ( photo / image / picture from Jerry Sullivan's Garden ) It was the red berries...I was wondering if anyone recognized them as anything worth saving, for next year or had some weed disguised itself to make its seeds attractive to facilitate propagation by our feathered friends. The stalk is a little over 7 inches(17.8 cm) long and the seed cluster is an inch(2.5cm) long and wide. ( photo / image / picture from Jerry Sullivan's Garden ) Thank you, Jerry
Wow!! great ID!! As I have never seen a Jack in the Pulpit in the woods before nor seen a seed cluster. Perhaps a bird was generous this summer. The seeds will be saved for next year. Thank you, Jerry
Glad to attempt to help, and thanks! Birds ARE generous gardeners, although not always with the same ideas... might be a good one for winter-sowing.
It certainly looks like an Arisaema seed cluster. We've got a couple in our garden, and on the rare occasion they actually manage to set seeds, it looks like that. The babies will take two-three years to grow big enough to bloom, so be patient.
Jack in the pulpit The plot thickens! Now that I know that the red berry cluster I found in the woods is a Jack in the Pulpit, I went hunting in the woods again. Eureka!! I found another stalk with a berry cluster attached on one end and a bulb on the other end, just laying there!! ( photo / image / picture from Jerry Sullivan's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Jerry Sullivan's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Jerry Sullivan's Garden ) That means I will hunt in the spring for Jack in the Pulpits. For years a 'sometime' project was to grow Jack in the Pulpits. Extracting such items from the 'local' woods is a no-no. However, my own woods is fine. The bulb/seeds need some chill hours but winter in the spare fridge will accomplish that. I should walk in the woods more often. Jerry
I agree! I miss these kinds of plants since moving to the south. (Even if some of them are around here, I'm not going in the woods to find out!) Good luck!
