Typhonium

Typhonium is a kind of the family of the Araceae which contains several species originating in tropical Africa in subtropical Asia.

Since the beginning of the years 2000, the two species of the kind Sauromatum were placed in the kind Typhonium , returning, seems it, null and void the kind Sauromatum .

Typhonium venosum (Dryand. ex Aiton) Hett. & P.C.Boyce (Syn. Sauromatum venosum , Sauromatum guttatum , Arum cornutum ) - the horned arum, originating in the areas in the south of the Himalayas - is the most rustic species. If the tuber is planted sufficiently deeply it will resist one winter not too rigorous.

Various Araceae woke up the imagination of primitive populations and - are sometimes still - were regarded as phallic symbols. Thus Typhonium venosum , the horned arum of the south of the Himalayas, is also called voodoo lily .

The tubers of Typhonium venosum , which are sometimes presented to flower dry inside, generate a “diabolic” inflorescence with long spadice purple surrounded by a yellowish spathe with purple spots. This spectacular species, which is fertilized by the Mouches, spreads a nauseous odor; with the result that one gets rid some often quickly… The large digitées sheets, which resemble those of the arum serpent eater ( Dracunculus vulgaris ) appear after flowering.

References

Brown Refusal, Aroids - Seedlings off the Arum Family (Second Edition), Timber Close, 2000 ISBN 0881924857
Réginald Hulhoven, aracées arums and others of the moderate areas , Gardens of Eden, 17:16 - 23, 2003

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