Sauromatum horsfieldii Lancelot Panax hemlock-like needles

hemlock-like needles

The 30" wide clumps are composed of shiny

The leaves have the thickness of hard plastic

then topping it with hundreds of purple flowers in August and early September

Sauromatum horsfieldii Lancelot Panax hemlock-like needlesSauromatum horsfieldii 'Lancelot' is a very special form of the Asian aroid, discovered by the late, world renowned aroid researcher Alan Galloway in Loei Province, Thailand, where it grew on limestone rocks near the Laos border. The horse shoe arranged leaflets look like an arisaema, but the flower, which emerges from ground level, resembles an arum very odd! Sauromatum horsfieldii 'Lancelot' forms a much larger clump than the more typical forms,