Is this Lords and Ladies?

[monkey]

I took this photo on saturday on the edge of a hedge row I have tried to research ans wonder is it Lords and Ladies, most the photos I have seen show the red berries on Lords & Ladies - Arum maculatum and different colour if a flower is shown?



Linda

[Deer Stalker]

Hi Linda.

Yep, it's Lords & Ladies.

[Jez]

Comes up in spathe first then berries appear later in the year. Lord then ladies

[wildmanofthewoods]

Yes it is .. the pics with berries are the same plant only later in the year. Arums are strange plants the flowers are actually right at the bottom of the plant inside the hood. Insects are enticed inside, by scent rather unpleasant i might say, they are trapped inside the flask/hood where they can polllunate the stigmas as they try to escape.

[monkey]

Thankyou Deer Stalker, Jez and Wildman for your confirmation. I find it interesting now looking at nature in a different way since I joined this site and taking photos and researching what I have seen. It is so good to be able to ask a question and get swift replies and learn so much

Thanx again

Linda

[RobSutton]

Originally Posted by wildmanofthewoods

Yes it is .. the pics with berries are the same plant only later in the year. Arums are strange plants the flowers are actually right at the bottom of the plant inside the hood. Insects are enticed inside, by scent rather unpleasant i might say, they are trapped inside the flask/hood where they can polllunate the stigmas as they try to escape.

I think I'm right in saying that the scent is produced by the spadix - the bit in the middle - rapidly generating it's own heat to vaporise the scent molecules. Apparently it's unusual for a plant tissue to be able to generate it's own heat.

[Jez]

Originally Posted by RobSutton

I think I'm right in saying that the scent is produced by the spadix - the bit in the middle - rapidly generating it's own heat to vaporise the scent molecules. Apparently it's unusual for a plant tissue to be able to generate it's own heat.

Nice bit of information there Rob-cheers

[seamusagleann]

nice photo ,monkey . up here we call it cuckoo pint , don't know why though .i believe it is a type of orchid

[Jez]

Originally Posted by seamusagleann

nice photo ,monkey . up here we call it cuckoo pint , don't know why though .i believe it is a type of orchid

It's an arum which tells me it's a lily!

[Tiggrx]

Neither a lily nor an orchid. It is in the Arum family (Araceae)

Originally Posted by Jez

It's an arum which tells me it's a lily!