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The popular garden and horticultural specimen Calla Lily, also called the Arum Lily, is neither a [[lily]] nor a calla nor an arum. Nor is it a true flower; rather, what we know as “Calla Lillies” are | The popular garden and horticultural specimen '''Calla Lily''', also called the '''Arum Lily''', is neither a [[lily]] nor a calla nor an arum. Nor is it a true flower; rather, what we know as “Calla Lillies” are a [[spathe]]s that surrounds an [[inflorescense]] of tiny flowers from plants in the [[genus]] ''Zantedeschia'', which originated in southern Africa. | ||
Revision as of 15:13, 4 December 2007
The popular garden and horticultural specimen Calla Lily, also called the Arum Lily, is neither a lily nor a calla nor an arum. Nor is it a true flower; rather, what we know as “Calla Lillies” are a spathes that surrounds an inflorescense of tiny flowers from plants in the genus Zantedeschia, which originated in southern Africa.