It’s official: Spring has finally arrived! The spring peepers in the marsh behind my house have confirmed it by beginning ...

The plant blooms early and looks bizarre enough to fit in with Addams Family home décor. But the coolest part? Skunk cabbages ...

The corpse flower usually blooms once every four years in Indonesia, but this time it is unusual because it only bloomed last ...

These are easy to miss at this time of year, but worth seeking. The flower, known as a spathe and spadix, can be up to 15 degrees warmer inside than the ambient temperature, an adaptation to lure ...

The flowers appear ahead of the summer heat, usually in time for Easter and are bright white with a prominent yellow spadix rising above the foliage on long stems. They have a slight perfume in ...

And then there's the polar opposite – the more is more approach of maximalism. In a nutshell, the latter embraces different ...

Dieffenbachia is a popular, easy-going houseplant with attractive foliage. Just keep it away from pets and children.

Pseudohydrosme is characterised by a large, almost truncate spathe and a spadix without any terminal naked continuation. (Leipzig: W. Engelmann.) ...

The spadix is exceedingly variable in form; in the case of Amorphophallus rex it bears a peculiar appendage and a singular spathe. The various phylogenetic relationships of the various genera are ...

For now, though, the plant can be identified by its greenish-white flowers on club-like spadix within a purple-spotted hood — pictured below. Adobe Stock Courtesy of: ODNR Adobe Stock It can be ...

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