From: Steve Marak <samarak at gizmoworks.com> on 2011.01.21 at 00:07:12(21773)
I've seen several web hits today on this topic, all of which seem to wind
up at the same text. The articles all call the plant an "arum lily", don't
give a genus or other botanical information, say that it was found in the
Kimberly region by Matthew Barrett (Perth's Kings Park & Botanic Garden)
along with other various new species in that remote area, and that the
infloresence smells of burnt electrical wire.
Here's a representative link:
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/new-lily-found-in-kimberley-smells-like-burnt-electrics/story-e6frg14u-1225991862095
The picture is *an* aroid, but no idea if it's that aroid; one of the
other articles showed a picture of Zantedeschia aethiopica with the same
text.
Anyone happen to know more about this? I dug through the KP&BG web site a
bit but didn't find anything.
Steve
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