"La Puce" wrote in message
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Des Higgins wrote:
http://www.aphotoflora.com/Arum%20ma...or15-03-05.jpg
http://www.the-tree.org.uk/Enchanted...sandladies.htm

The flowers are very characteristic when they come out (bizarre phallic
looking things in hoods) but the leaves are very obvious as well (just
like
in the link above); they are about the size of your hand.
It is a native woodland plant.

The shape of the leaf of the OP pic bears no resemblance to the arum


It is actually very hard to see anything up in the corner of the picture but
there is one leaf that looks like an arum maculatum leaf from an angle.

leaves. I have a few myself and the leaf in the picture doesn't look
like the one the OT sent. The OT mentioned also 'black' spots. The
usual colours of spots on arums are lighter than the leaves and are
generally from light yellow to darker green.

http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswik...tform_JVkl.jpg
usually they are light but they can be dark.


Having said that I haven't got a clue what it is. Looks like the leaf
is cup shaped - like the morning glory or convolvulus.