The dark purple 'calla lily' shaped bloom matures at about three feet and then begins to emit the strong odor of a large dead animal. We're not talking about dead mouse here - really putrid; and from quite a distance. The leaves are the typical voodoo lily bi-pinnately compound annual leaves with mottling on the leaf stalk (mistaken by many as the trunk) that resembles the moss and lichen colored tree trunks of its native habitat. The large pseudobulb is considered edible - if you like the fragrance of the flower - but this family (aroids) are rife with calcium oxylate crystals (think miniature shards of glass) in flowers, fruit and leaves. Hardy outdoors in USDA zone 6 and warmer where the offshoots produced by the bulb will create a nice clump over time.