In article 2008061720452916807-adm1@fastmailfm, adm writes:
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| An Arum, I think, and definitely an aroid. I doubt that the flowers
| are up to much. It may be a variety of the common wild one (A. maculatum,
| Lords and Ladies, Cuckoo Spit) with more marked leaves than the usual
| form. Anyway, it will be grown for the leaves.
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| Aha - looks like this: Arum Italicum
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| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:C...ves_2000px.jpg

That is a subspecies of A. maculatum, according to some authorities.
I had forgotten about that one!

| Now you have named it, I remember seeing these flower spikes last year:
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| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:A..._%28aka%29.jpg
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| which are apparently highly poisonous.

Nah. Irritant and somewhat poisonous. Don't believe all that
Wikipedia tells you!


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.