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A few views of my Arisaema consanguineum in flower, which I just noticed today. This species gets to a metre tall eventually, but mine are young plants and this is the smallest of them, measuring about 40cm high, currently. Note the ridiculously long, whiskery spathe limb and lizardy stripiness. Very choice. | 
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A. consanguineum hails from habitats throughout the Himalayas and is a bit of a chameleon itself, presenting many forms and subspecies to delight the pedantic taxonomist. Like succulents, if you have a mild or maritime climate they present very few cultural challenges, requiring only a dryish dormant winter in which to die right down to nothing and a sheltered spot, either in a gritty, leaf-moldy mix and pot, or in some well-drained part of the garden. That's not to say they won't disappear without warning if you have a run of bad climactic luck; shit happens. I'm building up my stock of bulbs before planting them out.
Arisaemas grow from corms that range in size from peanut through to car tyre, some of them being used as commercial sources of edible starch, others in traditional medicine; consanguineum is one of them but its bulb is chock-a-block with oxalic acid and raphides and is therefore pretty toxic without expert preparation. Don't grate it onto your salad.
Viva aroids. I grow a few species, but I wish they were more readily available here in New Zealand.
Arisaemas grow from corms that range in size from peanut through to car tyre, some of them being used as commercial sources of edible starch, others in traditional medicine; consanguineum is one of them but its bulb is chock-a-block with oxalic acid and raphides and is therefore pretty toxic without expert preparation. Don't grate it onto your salad.
Viva aroids. I grow a few species, but I wish they were more readily available here in New Zealand.
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