Synandrospadix vermitoxicus

50 (70)cm, Synandrospadix vermitoxicus belongs to a monotypic genus with one species only which is native to Peru and north-western Argentina. It makes several large leaves and a showy inflorescence with a purplish-brown or green spathe with dark purplish-brown or dark green stripes and a dark puplish-brown spadix. Easily grown in ny rich, welll drained soil in full sun. In winter keep dormant corms almost completely dry at a minimum of some 15°C. VI-VII.