John and Mary Sue and others, Rohdea are increasingly familiar garden plants here in the Washington, D.C. area. They are easy (I didn't say quick) from their large seeds. The flowers are not too attractive, but the infructescence is eye-catching. It might remind some of that of Arum italicum: big red round marble sized fruits in a cylinder about four or five inches long. They seem to be reliably hardy garden plants here, although they are relatively recent additions to our gardens - and it's been years since we've had a bad winter. My plants are all home-grown from seed. I don't have the expensive variegated and crested (and maybe virus infected?) forms, just plain green. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@atarpower.net Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where I'm now wondering if the eponym of Rohdea was related to early twentieth century garden writer Eleanour Sinclair Rohde?