Kevin Schafer / Whitespot Giant Arum (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) inflorescence, Tompotika Peninsula, central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Wild arum / Cuckoo Pint (Arum maculatum) backlit in late eveing sunlight, Collard Hill, Somerset, England, UK. April

Steve Nicholls / View up through leaves of Lords and Ladies / Cuckoo-pint (Arum maculatum) Leigh Woods, Bristol, UK, May

Alex Hyde / Enormous inflorescence of Arum plant (Amorphophallus sp) Dry deciduous forest, Kirindy Forest, Western Madagascar. October.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Cretan arum (Arum creticum) flowers, Katharo, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Imbe vine {Philodendron spruceanum} Mamiraua Ecological Station, Amazonas, Brazil

Neil Lucas / Close-up detail of Titan Arum inflorescence, Sumatra

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Elephant Ears (Xanthosoma robustum) and bamboo in cloud forest, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Neil Lucas / Titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) Summatra. This species has the largest unbranched flower inflorescence which smells strongly of rotting carrion.

Winfried Wisniewski / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) in water lettuce, Masai Mara, Kenya

Adrian Davies / Cross section of the spathe of a Wild arum / Lords and Ladies / Cuckoo pint (Arum maculatum), showing in succession (from below) female flowers, male flowers, and sterile flowers forming a ring of hai...

Mike Read / Mountain stream, with Arum lily (Zantedeschia), Valpajola, Corsica, France, April.

Sandra Bartocha / Marsh Calla (Calla palustris) Germany, May

Alex Hyde / Cuckoo Pint / Lords and Ladies / Wild Arum {Arum maculatum} photographed against a white background. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April.

Alex Hyde / Cuckoo Pint / Lords and Ladies / Wild Arum {Arum maculatum}. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April.

Philippe Clement / Golden Club (Orontium aquaticum) in pond, native to North America, National Botanic Garden of Belgium, May

Philippe Clement / Golden Club (Orontium aquaticum) in pond, native to North America, National Botanic Garden of Belgium, May

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Arum plant (Araceae) in mountainous Atlantic Rainforest of Serra Bonita Natural Private Heritage Reserve (RPPN Serra Bonita) municipality of Camacan, Southern Bahia State, Eastern Brazil.

MYN / Paul Marcellini / Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Florida, USA, February. meetyourneighbours.net project

Chien Lee / Taro (Alocasia cuprea) leaves near creek in rainforest, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

MYN / Clay Bolt / Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) in flower, Greenville, USA, March.meetyourneighbours.net project

Konrad Wothe / Epiphytic Philodendron (Philodendron sp) growing up tree trunk in rainforest, Queensland, Australia, October

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Flamingo Lily (Anthurium andraeanum) flowers in rainforest, Ecuador

Christian Ziegler / Flamingo Plant (Anthurium sp) arranges its leaves so that litter collects among its base, which in this case is used as a bird nest, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

James Christensen / Tall Elephant's Ear (Xanthosoma undipes) and photographer's assistant Shannon Bowley, Mindo, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Nick Upton / Cross section through Cuckoo Pint / Lords and Ladies / Wild Arum (Arum maculatum) spathe showing hairs that trap pollinating flies above brown male flowers above yellow female flowers. Wiltshire, UK,...

Nick Upton / Cross section through Cuckoo Pint / Lords and Ladies / Wild Arum (Arum maculatum) spathe showing hairs that trap pollinating flies above brown male flowers above yellow female flowers. Wiltshire, UK,...

Adrian Davies / Amorphophallus konjac (Amorphophallus sp.) Known as: konjak, konjaku, devil's tongue, voodoo lily, snake palm, or elephant yam. Botanic garden, Surrey, UK.

Nature Production / Gaudy Jack / Japanese Cobra Lily (Arisaema sikokianum) Kochi, Japan

Steve Nicholls / Wild arum berries (Arum maculata) in ancient woodland, Gloucestershire, UK

Kevin Schafer / Centipede Tongavine (Scindapsus pinnatus) growing up tree trunk, Wooroonooran National Park, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

Kevin Schafer / Fig (Ficus sp) tree trunk with vine, Queensland, Australia

Staffan Widstrand / Elephant Ear (Xanthosoma sp.) leaf. Macupucuma reserve, Ecuador, April.

Colin Varndell / Ripening fruit of Wild Arum / Arum Lily / Cuckoo Pint / Lords and Ladies (Arum maculatum). Dorset, UK, July.

Luciano Candisani / Arum (Araceae) leaves, Serra de Bocaina, Brazil

Chien Lee / Giant Elephant Ear (Colocasia gigantea) flower style, Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Matthias Breiter / Western Skunk Cabbage (Lysichiton americanus) plants showing prominent spadix, Alaska

Pete Oxford / Water Philodendron (Philodendron sp) growing in the Rewa River, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Thomas Marent / Arum (Amorphophallus sp) flowering on forest floor, Tangkoko Nature Reserve, northern Sulawesi, Indonesia

Thomas Marent / Arum (Amorphophallus sp) flowering on forest floor, Tangkoko Nature Reserve, northern Sulawesi, Indonesia

Thomas Marent / Arum (Amorphophallus sp) flowering on forest floor, Tangkoko Nature Reserve, northern Sulawesi, Indonesia

Thomas Marent / Celebes Black Macaque (Macaca nigra) group beside a Corpse Flower (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius), Tangkoko Nature Reserve, northern Sulawesi, Indonesia

Thomas Marent / Celebes Black Macaque (Macaca nigra) feeding beside a Corpse Flower (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius), Tangkoko Nature Reserve, northern Sulawesi, Indonesia

Daniel Heuclin / Moucou-moucou / Moko-moko (Montrichardia arborescens) growing rampant in Swamp of Kaw, French Guiana, South America

Murray Cooper / Arum (Araceae) leaves, Ecuador

Alex Hyde / Detail of enormous inflorescence of Arum (Amorphophallus sp) showing droplets of foul-smelling secretion on spadix that attract pollinating insects. Kirindy forest, West Madagascar

Alex Hyde / Enormous inflorescence of Arum (Amorphophallus sp) Dry deciduous forest, Kirindy Forest, Western Madagascar. October.

Colin Varndell / Wild Arum / Lords and ladies / Cuckoo pint (Arum maculatum) berries, growing on Powerstock Common, Dorset, UK July

Alex Hyde / Detail of spadix from enormous inflorescence of Arum (Amorphophallus sp) showing droplets of foul-smelling secretion that attract pollinating insects. Kirindy forest, West Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus), Hato Masaguaral working farm and biological station, Venezuela

Pete Oxford / Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus), Hato Masaguaral working farm and biological station, Venezuela

Pete Oxford / Savanna Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) pair basking, Hato Masaguaral working farm and biological station, Venezuela

Pete Oxford / Savanna Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) basking, Hato Masaguaral working farm and biological station, Venezuela

Pete Oxford / Savanna Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) pair basking, Hato Masaguaral working farm and biological station, Venezuela

Pete Oxford / Savanna Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) head looking above water surface, Hato Masaguaral working farm and biological station, Venezuela

Pete Oxford / Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) in Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes), Hato Masaguaral working farm and biological station, Venezuela

Pete Oxford / Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) in Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes), Hato Masaguaral working farm and biological station, Venezuela

Pete Oxford / Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus), Hato Masaguaral working farm and biological station, Venezuela

Pete Oxford / Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) feeding on Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), Hato Masaguaral working farm and biological station, Venezuela

Pete Oxford / Savanna Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) sunbathing, Hato Masaguaral working farm and biological station, Venezuela

Adrian Davies / Yellow Skunk Cabbage (Lysichiton americanus) in flower. An invasive species which has naturalised in parts of UK.

Pete Oxford / Anthurium (Anthurium sp) leaves and flower, lowlands of western Ecuador. South America

Pete Oxford / Anthurium (Anthurium sp) with variegated leaves, lowlands of Western Ecuador, South America

Richard Du Toit / Arum lilies flowering in the Tulbagh valley, Western Cape, South Africa, August 2009

MYN / Niall Benvie / Cuckoo pint / Wild arum / Lords and ladies (Arum maculatum) in flower meetyourneighbours.net project

Murray Cooper / Flamingo Plant (Anthurium sp) in cloud forest, Ecuador

Miles Barton / Wall lizard (Podarcis lilfordi) on Dead Horse Arum (Helicodiceros / Dracunculus muscivorus) flower, Aire Islet, Menorca, April The arum attracts insects by producing a carrion-like smell and luring t...

Miles Barton / Dead Horse Arum (Helicodiceros / Dracunculus muscivorus) flower, Aire Islet, Menorca / Minorca, April

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Philodendron vines (Philodendron sp.) climbing trunks of "buriti" palm trees (Mauritia flexuosa) in Sandoval Lake, Puerto Maldonado Department, Tambopata National Reserve, Southern Peru.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Hunter showing dead Razor-billed Curassows (Mitu tuberosum) that he killed in the Amazon Upland Rainforest in Arum community, Piagacu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve, Purus River, Amazonas State...

Patricio Robles Gil / Mafafa flower, Arum (Xanthosoma sp) El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas, Mexico, April 2007

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Flower of Arum lily / Yautia Madera (Montrichardia / Arum arborescens) in the delta of Parnaa­ba River, Delta do Parnaa­ba Extractivist Reserve, Piaua­ State, Northeastern Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Yautia Madera (Montrichardia / Arum arborescens) in the delta of Parnaa­ba River, Delta do Parnaa­ba Extractivist Reserve, Piaua­ State, Northeastern Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Flower of Arum lily / Yautia Madera (Montrichardia / Arum arborescens) in the delta of Parnaa­ba River, Delta do Parnaa­ba Extractivist Reserve, Piaua­ State, Northeastern Brazil.

Laurie Campbell / Lords and Ladies / Wild arum (Arum maculatum) flower, Berwickshire, Scotland, May

Laurie Campbell / Lords and Ladies / Wild arum (Arum maculatum) flower, Berwickshire, Scotland, May

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Cretan arum (Arum creticum) in flower, Kritsa, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Cretan arum (Arum creticum) flower, Katharo, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Cretan arum (Arum creticum) close-up of flower covered in raindrops, Katharo, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Cretan arum (Arum creticum) flower covered in raindrops, Katharo, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Cala / Arum lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica) close-up of flower, Madeira, March 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Cala / Arum lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica) flower with water droplets on petal rim, Madeira, March 2009

Chien Lee / Giant Voodoo Lily (Amorphophallus hewittii) flower, Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia

Martin Gabriel / Water cabbage / lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) floating on a river near Sierpe, Southern Costa Rica, February 2009

Martin Gabriel / Water cabbage / lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) floating on a river near Sierpe, Southern Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Wild arum / Lords and ladies / Cuckoo pint (Arum maculatum) flower spathe and spadix, spring, Belgium

Martin Gabriel / Chinese Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema candidissimum), native to China, growing in a garden in Bavaria, Germany, June

Martin Gabriel / Chinese Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema candidissimum), native to China, growing in a garden in Bavaria, Germany, June

Martin Gabriel / Chinese Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema candidissimum), native to China, growing in a garden in Bavaria, Germany, June

Adrian Davies / Lords and Ladies / Wild arum {Arum maculatum} berries, UK

Juergen Freund / Large flower of the Arum family {Amorphophallus sp}, Philippines.

Piotr Naskrecki / Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) climbing tree trunk covered with philodendrons, Brownsberg Reserve, Surinam

Jerry Monkman / Skunk cabbage {Symplocarpus foetidus} leaves, Massachusetts, USA

Inaki Relanzon / Arum flower {Dracunculus muscivorus) Menorca, Balearis Islands, endemic, april

Niall Benvie / Flower of Western skunk cabbage {Lysichiton americanus} Scotland, UK