Now that its impeccably preserved cast-iron fire escapes and industrial facades showcase the wares of Chanel, Prada and numerous less exalted brands, the area south of Houston Street is a far cry from the hardscrabble manufacturing zone that once earned the derisive nickname Hellâs Hundred Acres.
Caution: irritant to skin and eyes, harmful if eaten. Grow Arum Lilies in sunny borders in rich fertile, moist or boggy soil. When growing in containers, use a loam based compost such as John Innes No. 2.Alternatively, plant Zantedeschia as a marginal plant at the edge of ponds.pply a deep mulch around the crown of border grown plants in autumn to protect them from hard frosts. Lift and divide clumps of white Arum Lily every 3 years in autumn to maintain vigorous, healthy growth.
Floral spectacle: Visitors look at a blooming titan arum at Djuanda Botanical Garden in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It is well-known for smelling like rotting meat. The smell resembles rotting meat to attract the carrion-eating beetles and flesh flies that pollinate it.ne plant you definitely wonât want to smell: 'Corpse flower' that has odour like rotten flesh captured in full bloom in Indonesia. 1  Titan arum is seen in full bloom, an unpredictable and spectacular event. 2  The rare flower smells like rotting flesh to attract insects.