Description
Arisaema ghaticum is a nice little species recently described, as a variety of sahyadricum, from south western India and now accorded species status. It is rare and endangered in the wild, these are horticultural propagations.
The flowers appear before the leaves unfurl and are borne close to the ground. They are narrow, medium-sized, basally pale, purple or brown spathes, striped diffusely with paler shades. From the mouth emerges a fat, downwards-curling pale spadix which ends with a little upward twist. The foliage appears later on 30-40cm tall, slender stems.
Although it is from Southern India and subtropical, there are some indications it could be reasonably hardy. It comes from higher altitudes than A. murrayi (which grows in the same general area) and yet murrayi has survived continental winter temperatures and subsequently flowered like nothing had happened. For safety, you may prefer to keep it warm, or at least frost-free and almost dry (but not dried) in winter, starting it again in April.
