On Sun, 01 Jun 2003 16:44:43 +0100, Sacha wrote:

in article , Debbie at
wrote on 1/6/03 2:57 pm:

I've got an arum lily flowering in my garden. I'm not sure of the
variety: I bought it years ago from a local alpine(!) show. It's
definitely not an A. italicum as I have some of those.

Anyway, I don't know whether it's the warm weather, or what, but this
thing is flowering profusely, and stinks to high heaven.
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Does anyone know what the species is?
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Sounds like some kind of Lysichiton aka skunk cabbage.

Don't diss the skunk cabbage. It has a fine refreshing smell,
just like...well, skunk at a distance. Nothing like as bad as
those aroids with the scent of decaying flesh. And the flowers
are a bright cheerful yellow in the otherwise dreary landscape of
early spring.

Myself, I grow Arum dioscorides. When it's in flower, it smells
like a compost heap that's gone to the dark side in a Truly
Serious Way.


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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada