Sunday, June 1, 2008

Voodoo in the Garden

Do do that voodoo that you do so well. -Cole Porter lyric from "You Do Something To Me" in the 1929 musical Fifty Million Frenchmen

The Voodoo lilies (Dracunculus vulgaris) are blooming. They are also called "Stink" lilies because they attract carrion flies and trap them in their bulbous base. This link to Paghat's Garden gives some info and additional photos. They are very exotic and almost always bloom right around Memorial Day. I have four blooms open right now but can't get a good photo of all at once.


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