Sauromatum venosum Bletilla Silverband Japanese iris is your

Silverband Japanese iris is your plant

(aka: Salvia oresbia) This species from Mexico was renamed and officially published by England's James Compton in a 1994 issue of "Kew

This good grower is one of the best cream-edged sieboldianas with very dark green

though quite a different display

The flowers that top the stalk are the typical rosy-purple

Sauromatum venosum Bletilla Silverband Japanese iris is your(aka: Sauromatum guttatum, Arum cornutum, Typhonium venosum) This tropical looking aroid is a relative of arisaemas. In spring, the peculiar inflorescence (flower head) is the first sign of life it's just life from another planet. Each sauromatum flower stalk is 3' tall and only 1" wide. As it unfurls, the inside of the spathe is patterned with a rich violet and yellow the ultimate in weird! A month later, a giant hand shaped leaf, to 2' across,