Arisaema ringens - this photograph was taken at the National
Arboretum, in Washington DC,
in early May 2004. At the entrance of the bonsai pavilions, is a
sunken garden, protected by
enclosing walls and overhead shade, and filled with rare Japanese woodland
treasures such as
spectacular Ariseama and Asarum species. The photo below shows my
plant, growing for the
past 4 years outside in a rather woodland spot in the garden. The
flowers of this species are
unmistakable, resembling a tightly clenched fist in green and white
stripes. There is also a
form in which the circular green "rim" to the flower is jet
black.
Click here to see the black-rimmed form.
In the photo below, we see the green-rimmed form, in which the tightly
rolled spathe
is sharply striped green and white, and a waxy green-rimmed center. It is
the black-
rimmed forms that are truly outstanding
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