Amorphophallus brevispathus Saururus comes to us from the

comes to us from the garden of South Africa's Ian Smith

artificial-looking green shell with a beige anatomical member emerging from the base

Podophyllum pleianthum doesn't run or go dormant in early summer

and Trillium sulcatum (dark blood red)

The perennial species can be either herbaceous or woody

Amorphophallus brevispathus Saururus comes to us from theWe were fortunate to see Amorphophallus brevispathus in the wild in Thailand in 2005, growing in tiny cracks in huge rocks slippery rocks, north of Bangkok. The nice monks (probably redundant) were kind enough to allow us to collect a few samples from which these were propagated. Amorphophallus brevispathus forms an 18" tall green petiole, topped with a plain green leaf what else would you expect from monks? The strange part is the flower brevispathus