Monday, May 01, 2006
Snakes In The Garden
The cobras are blooming; the early Asian jack in the pulpits (Arisaemas) have rapidly raised up from the ground, displaying their rather ominous flowers, like so many dark-hued snakes. Here is Arisaema urashima, a hardy Japanese species (rated as hardy as Z4), whose foliage can reach several feet tall, with somber flowers on short stalks, with a strikingly long proboscis (rat tail). This jack is also desirable because it offsets easily (note the small plantlet). 
// posted by IBOY @ 8:32 PM 
