Cuckoo-pint Flower Opening

At the beginning of April spotted the arrow-shaped leaves of a patch of cuckoo-pint, or lords-and-ladies (Arum macrolatum) close to the beginning of the Serpentine Walk and have been watching the flower spikes develop over the last week or so.

In this photo the flower spikes are just beginning to open.

 A few days later could see the purple-brown spadix.

Today another flower had opened giving a better view of the cowl-shaped spathe surrounding the spadix.