Arisaema ciliatum

[PaulM]

I thought my Arisaema plant, which flowered last year had died during winter, but on June 13, I noticed a shoot coming up, and then it progressed very quickly so you could almost detect the changes from a day to day basis. It has also produced two offsets, which did not flower this year but formed a single leaf each. The plant reached approximately 60 cm in height, and I am not sure about its identity but looking in the book Arisaema it looks a lot like A. ciliatum I think. I will take a picture of the fruiting spike later on in the season as well. Here follows a series of pictures, and I would greatly appreciate any suggestions on what it might be.

[Lesley Cox]

I agree it looks like A. ciliatum, one of my favourites as it is so elegan with its neat pin striping. It does come through much later than many other species.

To some extent, when they come through depends on the ground condition. Last year A. candidissimum didn't appear until February (August to you) because the ground was so very dry. But come it did, rather than dying as I thought it had for a couple of months.