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Photo by JLBG taken at Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC
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Photo by JLBG taken at Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC
Arisaema taiwanense
Taiwan Cobra Lily
This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.
Shop Available ArisaemaItem #: 2802
Zones: 6b to 9a, possibly colder
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Taiwan
Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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.)
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Genus: Arisaema