Spectacular red waratah-like flowers outside the foliage in Spring. Alocasia macrorrhiza Cunjevoi. An aroid to 2m tall. Very large leaves to 40cm wide. Small flowers in a spike are followed by red berries in summer.
Plant needs lots of water, and all parts of it are poisonous.
Amorphophallus capanulatus Stinking Snakeskin lilly. A very interesting plant. An aroid which dies back to an underground tuber before winter and reappears in summer. The stems are rough, patterned like a snake skin, and may be 1.5m high, with divided leaves to 1m across. The photographed plant has a total of 6 stems of varying sizes from the one tuber.