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Re: Trillium life cycle questiond

> I'm embarassed!  I'm only making the connection because I'd read
> that trillium has red seed heads in the fall, and I thought I saw
> trilliums in this area of the woods in the spring.  What I found 
> are very similar to the image at <http://www.hirts.com/arum.jpg>, 
> only not quite as tall.  At this time of year, there were no leaves,
> just a clump of berries on the ground, sometimes attached to a
> spadix that lead to an underground corm about an inch or so in diameter.

Definitely jack-in-the-pulpit, or Arisaema triphyllum.  Here's a picture
in flower and in fruit from my yard:

   http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/horticulture/aritr40.jpg
   http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/horticulture/aritr50.jpg

Unfortunately the sun wasn't cooperating on the fruit photography day,
so you might have to squint a little.  :)

I've been scanning my slide collection and hope to publish the URL 
to the first 600 herbaceous images within a month.

Chris
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