The Araceae is a family of about 3,700 species, ... In India, the spadix is purple; in Ethiopia, it’s yellow. And some are even turquoise, Mr. Avent said.

The distinctive “spadix-with-a-spathe” inflorescence has a densely flowered, finger-like spadix (SPAY-dix) subtended by a showy spathe. The spadix is the small upright spike composed of ...

A member of the Arum family (Araceae), skunk cabbage is related to a more well-known spring wildflower, ... The spathe soon withers, and the spadix becomes enlarged into a compound fruit.

Some of these Araceae seem almost that sturdy. An Italian arum pops up faithfully in a neglected corner of my garden. One spathiphyllum wilts easily, but I can't be too grouchy, as it's the one in ...

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Paul Licht, director of the UC Botanical Garden, was in Monterey Bay celebrating his wife's birthday and their 45th wedding anniversary when the call came: A titan arum had bloomed, and it was ...

The corpse flower is a botanical rock star — prized by botanic gardens around the globe. In a new video, NPR's Skunk Bear explores the biology of the stinky giant, which thrives by playing dead.

Bohs says the genus belongs to the family Araceae, commonly known as the arum or aroid family.The family includes philodendrons, taro root (from which Hawaiians make poi), skunk cabbage and ...

A rare corpse flower will bloom at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park for the first time in two ...