Aroids (the family Araceae) 2017

[fermi de Sousa]

I found this conclave of cowled gnomes meeting in the rock garden yesterday!
Biarum davisii, as far as I know
cheers
fermi

[Jupiter]

Wow Fermi those are stunning pics and a nice clump of Biarum. Mine only made one flower this year and is sending up leaves now. I will feed it a little and hope for something closer to your clump next year.

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi Jamus,
Thanks; we don't do much for them except replant it when it gets dug up by the echidna!
The clump has slowly built up over the years, especially when we get good autumn and winter rain when it is in leaf. We don't water the bed where it grows but don't cover it so it can get an occasional shower when dormant in summer,
cheers
fermi

[barnclos]

when it gets dug up by the echidna!

It isn't every day that I read about that as a gardening problem. The most exotic thing we get are the Beech Marten chewing through the cooling water hoses of the car.

Great pics, by the way.

[olegKon]

The first aroid in the open garden this year: Symplocarpus foetidus

[Bart]

wow! Never seen that one before? Bet it stinks? thanks for showing.

[Darren]

This amused me:

Biarum sp and Dracunculus vulgaris. Little and Large!

[sokol]

Arum pictum is ready to flower, planted out last year and no problems with -17°C this winter under a cover of snow.

[sokol]

The flower is open today and you can't miss it because of the smell.

[Gabriela]

The flower is open today and you can't miss it because of the smell.

Yes, but fortunately we cannot smell the pictures   - beautiful!

[Janis Ruksans]

With me blooms some unidentified Biarum sp.

[sokol]

It looks quite interesting with the undulate margins but no idea what it is.

[sokol]

Today my potted Arum pictum came into flower, all at the same day. I have kept them completely dry.

[Bart]

Nice Biarum, Janis!

I love Arum pictum, its smell makes me smile and it is a great plant to have a laugh with the kids.
Here are a few pics of my plants. I have grown them for years in the garden and greenhouse, this year I potted some:





Arum pictum

Don't know how to rotate the second picture, sorry.

 edit by maggi = I have rotated the photo for you, Bart.

[fermi de Sousa]

Great pics, everyone - one case where I'm glad we can't smell the flowers
I didn't realise that Arum pictum flowers in autumn!
I only have a couple of seedlings a few years old so won't be expecting flowers for a little while.
When would be the best time to pot them on into a bigger pot?
I'd rather not plant them out because the red-legged earth mites seem to love aroids and the foliage is often stripped back drastically 
cheers
fermi