Garden Flower for ID - 210711 - RK

[ranjini kamath]

Quite a common plant.Pics taken March - April 2011 at Los
Altos,California.Request Common & Botanical ID.
Thank you
Ranjini Kamath

[Gurcharan Singh]

Zantedeschia aethiopica

-- 
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
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[Satish Phadke]

Family : Araceae

Some info. from Wikipedia:

Zantedeschia aethiopica (common names Lily of the Nile, Calla lily, Easter lily, Arum lily, Varkoor, an Afrikaans name meaning pig's ear); syn. Calla aethiopica L., Richardia africana Kunth, Richardia aethiopica (L.) Spreng., Colocasia aethiopica (L.) Spreng. ex Link) is a species in the family Araceae, native to southern Africa in Lesotho, South Africa, and Swaziland.^[1]

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 3:11 PM, ranjini kamath <ranj...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Dr Pankaj Kumar]

Zantedeschia aethiopica /Araceae). Try smelling the beautiful
fragrance of this flower. I had it in my garden!!! Its fabulous.
Thanks for sharing.
Pankaj




On Jul 21, 7:33 pm, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Family : Araceae*
>
> Some info. from Wikipedia:*
> *
>
> *Zantedeschia aethiopica* (common names *Lily of the Nile*, *Calla
> lily*, *Easter
> lily*, *Arum lily*, *Varkoor*, an Afrikaans name meaning *pig's ear*);
> syn.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synonymy>
> *Calla aethiopica* L., *Richardia africana*
> Kunth<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunth>,
> *Richardia aethiopica* (L.) Spreng. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spreng.>,
> *Colocasia aethiopica* (L.) Spreng. ex
> Link<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Heinrich_Friedrich_Link>)
> is a species in the family Araceae <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araceae>,
> native to southern Africa <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa> in
> Lesotho<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesotho>,
> South Africa <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa>, and
> Swaziland<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swaziland>
> .[1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zantedeschia_aethiopica#cite_note-grin-0>