Arisaema consanguineum

[Robert Hamilton]

Hi Jai,

> I've only recently noticed that Arisaema consanguineum has a rather
> unpleasant smell. The smell is something vaguely like sweat and urine.

I  have a species I  am  trying to  identify at  the  moment which  has
an  odour  which  I  find  very  hard to  describe  -  perhaps a
chemical/rubbery smell.

Its  a  member  of the  sinarisaema  -  probably  keys out  to
formosanum but  looks  most  like images  of  taiwanense. It  has a
reddish brown/ burgundy spathe  which  becomes  greenish  and  minimally
striped  over the  spathe  limb.

Looking at  the   Guy  Gusman  key.
It is  non-stoloniferous. Its  not  fruiting  but  all the
non-stoloniferous  species  are similar  with this  character. When leaf
unfolds the  central  leaflet was turned upward. (eliminaties
taiwanense).
The  leaflets  are not  filiform  at the apex  (  eliminates
consanguineum).
The  pseudostem  is  nearly the  size  of the  petiole.  (eliminates
echinatum)

Which  leaves only   formosanum- but  the  spathe  limb is  4cm  wide
and tube is  2cm wide .

I  will  have  some  images  shortly.

Cheers,

Rob in Tasmania