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These bulbs are 3 year old, and about 5cm across.
Sauromatum venosum from the Himalaya and southern India has a twisted yellow to brown spathe that is spotted with deep red or purple internally and with a long-protruding, tapering, greenish or maroon spadix. This plant is dormant in winter and flowers in summer.
I plant mine in pots late spring and in summer the mature bulbs flower first, and then push up leaves. The leaves grow to 1.3m high and are on a stalk with a very distinct leave that is separated in "fingers", the whole mature leave can be 80cm across!
The bulbs take 3-4 years to mature to flowering size. Mature bulbs can be transplanted and will flower the same season.
The photo is of the mother plant.