Arisaema maximowiczii China The difficulty in propagation assures

The difficulty in propagation assures that this will never be a widespread cultivar

but what resulted is one helluva offspring

the stalks emerge upward in late spring

clothed in very fine grassy foliage

since false red yucca detests waterlogged soils

Arisaema maximowiczii China The difficulty in propagation assuresFrom the Kyushu Mountains of Japan, this namesake of the 19th century Russian botanist, Carl Johann Maximowicz, is an elegant cobra lily with a 2' tall dark purple based stem. Each plant bears a ten leaflet leaf to the side of the main stem. The hood (spathe) is green and white striped and ends as a long thread hanging over the pitcher which houses the green spadix (sex organ).