About Arisaema tortuosum (Wall.) Schott
Arisaema tortuosum, commonly known as the whipcord cobra lily, is a plant species belonging to the family Araceae. It has a distinctive purple or green whip-like spadix that emerges from the opening of its jack-in-the-pulpit flower, and this spadix can reach up to 30 centimeters in length. Individual flowers of this species may be either male or bisexual. Its clustered fruits start out green, and turn red as they ripen. The plant grows in large clumps and can reach a maximum height of 2 meters. It can be found growing in rhododendron forests, scrub, and alpine meadows across the Himalayas, western China, southern India, and Myanmar. This species can be easily propagated from seed or offsets.
