Arisaema taiwanense (Taiwan Cobra Lily)

Part Sun to Light ShadeZone: 6b-9a, possibly hardier 30" tall Origin: Taiwan

Web-Only! If you haven't grown A. taiwanense, you haven't lived! This stunning cobra lily emerges in spring as a thick, 30" tall, snakeskin-colored stalk of light green with dark black blotches. Atop the stem sits a perfectly radial leaf, with 1' long leaflets, emerging like spokes on a wheel, each ending as a drooping thread. The flower emerges from the ground to form a giant grim reaper-like black-purple hood with a long threadlike tongue emerging from the front...bizarrely wonderful. (Original collections from Bleddyn and Sue Wynn-Jones (#BSWJ1879) in Taiwan.) Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml)