Japanese Cobra Lily (Arisaema sikokianum): Chocolate Spathe with Milk-White Interior

Japanese cobra lily (Arisaema sikokianum) has a dark chocolate spathe exterior and a smooth milk-white interior. The hood sweeps up to an arrogant point, exposing the white lining and thick blunt spadix. Produces two leaves per tuber—one with three lobes, one with five—sometimes mottled with silver. Goes dormant in summer.

Care

• Light: Part shade to full shade.
• Soil: Moist.

Propagation & Problems

Most species produce offsets removable in autumn. Slugs, vine weevils, rust, anthracnose, leaf blight, mosaic.

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