They are rhizomatous, herbaceous perennial plants growing to 20-60 cm tall, with sagittate (arrowhead-shaped) leaves 10-55 cm long. The flowers are produced in a spadix, surrounded by a 10-40 cm long, coloured spathe, which may be white, yellow, brown or purple; some species are scented, others not. The fruit is a cluster of bright orange or red berries.
All parts of the plants are poisonous, containing significant amounts of calcium oxalate. Wikipedia
I love all the members of the Arum family, some of them have a very unpleasant odor - aka - stink terribly, but they are all very beautiful!
Photographs as always by my husband Uri.
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Tell Uri he deserves the National Geographic Photography Award for Excellence, in the discipline of flaura and fauna! These are stunning photos of a mysterious and beautiful plant!
Dawn, you and Jill are such reliable commentators, oh, and Vered of course! How lonely my posts would look without you!!
Thank you, Dankeschoen, Toda raba!!!
:-) Yael.
True, Dawn and I are regular commentators, but you'd be surprised how many people read blogs religiously but never leave a comment.
So, since this post is so impressive from a flower perspective and from a camera perspective, my comment for this one is: Yowza. That's pretty much all I have to say. Just yowza. I think I would have guessed that this one is poisonous. Without speaking a word, it clearly broadcasts: "Keep OUT!"
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