Arisaema maximowiczii Sun to Shade if you're growing something labeled

if you're growing something labeled "Amaryllis belladonna" north of Zone 8

since this poor plant's identity has been batted around by taxonomists more than a tennis ball on Wimbledon's Centre Court

starting from the stem and radiating outward

This consummate conversation piece grows well in sites that can be kept slightly moist but well-drained

The leaves are borne at the top of the 30" tall stem (purple and green snake-skin pattern) and serve as a nice foil to the erect pitcher that perches atop the stem

Arisaema maximowiczii Sun to Shade if you're growing something labeledFrom the Kyushu Mountains of Japan, this namesake of the 19th century Russian botanist, Carl Johann Maximowicz, is an elegant cobra lily with a 2' tall dark purple based stem. Each plant bears a ten leaflet leaf to the side of the main stem. The hood (spathe) is green and white striped and ends as a long thread hanging over the pitcher which houses the green spadix (sex organ).