It came with the house --- what is it?

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Author Message   Tndigger  Posted on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 08:23 am EST :    I am new to this forum and hope you can help identify a plant that "came with the house" purchased by some of my family a few years back. It must be hardy, since it doesn't freeze out in zone 6 and returns to puzzle us each year, and it can't be too fussy since it is on a dry rocky bank sharing space with poison ivy and Virginia creeper. This is a good-sized plant, as you can see from the iris blades in the background, and it is not a native plant to the area [southern KY]. The curved stem with leaflets belongs with the plant, and the base of the "bloom" is bulbous. Thanks so much for some clues! Tndigger - TN, Zone "6"   Bunting  Posted on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 08:36 am EST :    Can you take a pic without the iris? The iris bloom is blocking it's structure Looks interesting tho thanks Bunting - NS, Zone "5b"   Kasia  Posted on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 08:58 am EST :    Looks like Dragon Arum (Dracunculus vulgaris). I've never seen one in person though so I'm not completely sure. Kasia - Ontario, Zone "5b"   Tndigger  Posted on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 09:53 am EST :    Kasia, thanks! I looked up photos to compare and think that is probably it. I would not have known where to start unless I had just spotted one someplace, so I really appreciate the help. Thanks to all who responded -- I am so impressed that you answered so fast and are so helpful. To Bunting -- I'm sorry the photo doesn't show everything clearly. I couldn't take another since I am not at the flower location. This photo was from earlier in the year. Tndigger - TN, Zone "6"   Treelover  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 10:02 am EST :    Oh i'd love one of those to turn up in my garden,very cool aroid there! Treelover - County Durham,UK, Zone "8/9"   Bunting  Posted on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 02:03 pm EST :    it looks like Dragon Arum too but I think that is an iris bloom behind it we are seeing That is why I asked for a pic without the iris I am looking at those bulb type things below it. I think there is a seperate plant below the iris Bunting - NS, Zone "5b"   Bunting  Posted on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 02:06 pm EST :    The Dragon Arum can't be grow here in my zone as perennial if this is what it is , lucky you Does it have a foul smell? They say some of the blooms of the dragon Arum does I love it's color if that is not an iris bloom above it Bunting - NS, Zone "5b"   Tndigger  Posted on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 04:09 pm EST :    I can see that the photo is a little confusing, but there is no iris bloom there. I appreciate how thoroughly you have studied it. I have one other (earlier) photo that shows a slightly different view before the bloom had fully matured. I should have sent both pics together but was afraid that was too much to upload. I think the Dragon Arum is surely correct -- it seems consistent on all major points I can spot. I don't know if there was a stinky odor when it bloomed, since it isn't nearby. I'd be delighted to have it pop up here in my own garden, too, as it looks so very exotic. [I did get a lovely surprise once upon a time when to my amazement I found I had monkshood blooming in my shade garden -- apparently planted by the birds but I know of no other plants anywhere in this area.] Thanks so much again. Tndigger - TN, Zone "6"   Bunting  Posted on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 04:37 pm EST :    Ok yes the others are correct I see i correctly now it looked to me like 2 plants before. Just my eyes, lol,lol Yes it is Dragon Arum I hear these are hard to get a bloom. Wow, just how lucky you are I;d love to have one of these, who wouldn't Bunting - NS, Zone "5b"   Rsergeantorchids  My Weather Posted on Wednesday, July 02, 2008 - 09:53 am EST :    I have also heard of these plants called a Voodoo Lily in Texas. Here is a web site to learn more about its cultivation. http://www.paghat.com/voodoolily.html Hope this helps. Rsergeantorchids - Texas, Zone "9b"

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