Arisaema tortuosum Sun Lycoris x squamigera does require

Lycoris x squamigera does require a cold winter to flower

more solid toward the center and speckled toward the edge

Nomenclature

This 1994 Plant Delights/JLBG introduction was found by our friend

Arisaema tortuosum Sun Lycoris x squamigera does requireArisaema tortuosum is one of the true conversation pieces of the hardy aroid world. The thick, 4' tall, fleshy petiole (stalk) of Arisaema tortuosum emerges in early June, adorned by two tropical looking, palmate green leaves near the top. As the leaves unfurl, the pitcher that tops the stem opens to reveal a green Jack in the pulpit flower, but with a whip like tongue that extends from the mouth of the flower upwards to 12" or more it don't get much