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In the distant past I used to subscribe to seed collecting expeditions in the Himalaya and around the garden there are many interesting plants that remind me of this. Today I came across one that is fun and reminds me why snakewood is called snakewood. The plant is an Arisaema, a member of the Araceae or Arum family with the common name of Cobra lillies, and the seed was collected in either Kashmir or Himachal Pradesh:

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Dave White
De Faoite Stringed Instruments
". . . the one thing a machine just can't do is give you character and personalities and sometimes that comes with flaws, but it always comes with humanity" Monty Don talking about hand weaving, "Mastercrafts", Weaving, BBC March 2010

Neat little plant. That stem would make a nice 32 piece back!   

How big do they grow?

Looks a lot like the" Jack in the Pulpit" that grows wild here in southern Illinois.

Al

Reminds me of a bug eating plant we had in swamps where i grew up, up north

Bizarre, I've never seen one before!
That would have to be a snake plant.

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

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