Arisaema griffithii Dahlia Good drainage is the key

Good drainage is the key to success

Arisaema engleri from 4000' elevation in the Hubei Province of China is a rarely offered cobra lily that's often confused in the trade with the Japanese Arisaema sazensoo

often edged in a faint pale green netting

which will possibly be named as a new species

Sanguinaria canadensis is a spring ephemeral

Arisaema griffithii Dahlia Good drainage is the keyIt is Arisaema griffithii to which the common name cobra lily most applies. Just as with Arisaema ringens, the flower emerges alongside the tripartite leaf. The long, thin black tongue hangs from the bizarre, purple and yellow striped, cobra head looking spathe, all held atop a short 3 6" stalk in midspring. As a lame attempt at censorship, the 20" tall leaf stalk finally obscures the old flower. A. griffithii occurs in open forests to 12,000' in