Xanthocyparis vietnamensis Pteris This rare Japanese cobra lily

This rare Japanese cobra lily is closely allied to Arisaema sikokianum

Trachystemon orientalis is rather effective as a fungicide

either to the ground or to several inches tall

They are readily cut down low enough so they are out of sight

large pleated green foliage

Xanthocyparis vietnamensis Pteris This rare Japanese cobra lily(aka: Callitropsis, Hesperocyparis, Cupressus vietnamensis) Xanthocyparis vietnamensis is a distant cousin of the Western US Callitropsis nootkatensis with an identity crisis. Vietnam cedar is a monotypic (there's only one) genus, discovered in 1999, growing on the karst limestone mountains in the H Giang Province in northern Vietnam. Since there are less than 1000 plants in the wild, Xanthocyparis vietnamensis is one of the worlds' rarest and most