Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Skunk cabbage

Precisely,this is not a skunk cabbage but a off-spring of a skunk cabbage (large one).
"Hime-zazen-so" is the Japanese name for this flower.
 Hime means "a princes. In this case, it stands for "little", I think.
"Zazen" is "zen-sitting" and "so" is a monk.
Totally, "a little zen monk sitting in a spathe" is the name for this flower.
This flower grows in wet area.
This web site has good information for "Skunk Cabbage".
.Skunk cabbage is really a strange name.