Arisaema tortuosum Thrillers each carefully striped pink and

each carefully striped pink and white like a candy cane

The specific epithet commemorates the eccentric English gardener/plantswoman Ellen Ann Willmott (1858-1934)

Our guess is that the other parent is one of the Zephyranthes 'Labuffarosea' hybrids

Hosta 'Bright Lights' is topped with nice short stalks of white hummingbird-friendly flowers in early summer

Arisaema tortuosum Thrillers each carefully striped pink andArisaema tortuosum is one of the true conversation pieces of the hardy aroid world. The thick, 4' tall, fleshy petiole (stalk) of Arisaema tortuosum emerges in early June, adorned by two tropical looking, palmate green leaves near the top. As the leaves unfurl, the pitcher that tops the stem opens to reveal a green Jack in the pulpit flower, but with a whip like tongue that extends from the mouth of the flower upwards to 12" or more it don't get much