Flowers are a deep green, contrasting vividly with a red base and stem, and appear mainly in spring.
Unfortunately this spectacular species is one of the most difficult to cultivate, being very susceptible to ink disease as well as summer root rot. This website contains a large amount of information regarding the plants housed in our diverse collections. This information is gathered from a wide variety of electronic, print and other sources. We have included reference information on each page to denote the original source of such information. More importantly, many of the plants in our collections have reputed medicinal properties according to some sources.