Helicodiceros
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Read about Helicodiceros in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Helicodiceros (Greek, spirally 2-horned). Araceae. Odd spathe-bearing plant, from a tuber, sometimes grown as pot specimens; odor offensive. The extraordinary plant shown in Fig. 1800 is known as the "hairy arum" and sold by the bulb-dealers as Arum crinilum. When in flower it has a disgusting odor which attracts carrion flies and bright green insects as uncanny as the plant itself. The plant is the only species in its genus, the hairiness of the spadix being a very distinct character. Helicodiceros and Dracunculus are alike in having few ovules, which are fastened at the top and bottom of the cell, but in the latter the staminate and pistillate fls. are close together, while in the former they are separated by a sterile portion.' Arum differs from both genera in having the ovules fastened in 2 series at the side of the cell. The lvs. of Arum are spear- or arrow-shaped, while in the other two they are pedately cut. This plant is worth growing once, since it is one of the curiosities of horticulture. It may be secured from bulb-dealers in the autumn and flowered under glass in the spring. It is a most vile-smelling plant when in full flower. The plucky artist who drew the accompanying picture of this arum wrote at the bottom of his drawing, "Air "em."
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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