Solved What is this? - Zantedeschia elliottiana

These were sent to me as a seedling by a member on another forum about 16 months ago. They were supposedly Gloriosa lutea but I'm beginning to question that. To be fair, when I potted them on a few weeks ago the tubers looked right - like crooked fingers. But I'm not sure at the moment.

The leaves.................


Leaves emerging.....................


Stem detail...................


The whole plants today....................


I could ask him, but as he is dealing with a family illness I'd rather not bother him at this time.
Thanks in advance.

 

You could very well have it there JWK

 

Hmmm, I thought it looked like my Arum maculatum, wild Arum, Lords & Ladies ...

 

I have loads of that already - the tubers are different to these.
Some regard A.maculatum as a weed, but I love it. There is a clump growing in the car park behind the offices over the road that has a rich purple picotee edge - I'll be having some of those when they die back (marked with a rock already).

 

Here it is blooming....................

 

I was expecting a coloured flower (given the mottled foliage), but I suppose Zantedeschia doesn't always follow the rule of "plain leaf, white flower, hardy" and "Mottled leaf, coloured flower, not hardy" ?

 

I had assumed that they are not hardy. Easy in a pot, so easy to store once dormant.
Personally, I was relieved about the colour. I had nightmares about it being pink!

 

The Calla Lily forms of Zantedeschia are a bit gaudy !

 

Is there a black eye in the flower Longk? It'd probably a hybrid of Z albomaculata.

 

I'm growing Calla lilies for the first time this year from corms and I bought them because they were gaudy! Not in bloom yet but they should be bright yellow and I wanted them to cheer up a dull spot amongst plants that are mostly foliage.

 

It could well be - it has a narrower spathe.

Yellow isn't gaudy, these are gaudy.................

 

I think a Calla Lily called "Moonlight" was one of the RHS Plants of the Year 2014 @chelsea

Edit: Link to the RHS list:
http://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-chelsea-flower-show/2014-stories/Plant-of-the-Year-2014