Lords and Ladies

This is a member of the arum family (Araceae). It is a relatively rare plant found mainly in fertile and moist deciduous forests. The plant also grows near hedges and close to lungwort and wild garlic. This perennial plant can grow 20-40 cm tall. The rhizome develops into a small tuber with many lateral roots. The leaves are large, elegant, arrow-shaped, and sometimes brown and black-spotted. The flowering is a marvel of ingenuity: it emits an odor of rotting flesh, which attracts flies. When they land on the spathe of the inflorescence, they slide inside and cannot leave the flower. The next day, however, the spathe is less slippery, allowing them to leave the inflorescence and take the pollen with them. The flowering period is from April to May, and the leaves emerge early in spring. The berries are bright red and appear in autumn when the leaves have already died off. The tubers of the plant contain a lot of starch and can be eaten cooked. The plant itself is poisonous when fresh and mildly toxic when dried. In phytotherapy, the plant is used against hoarseness, persistent coughing, and sore throat.
(edited after Wikipedia)

Names:
Latin: Arum maculatum
Dutch: Gevlekte Aronskelk
Also: Aronskelk
English: Lords and Ladies, Devils and Angels, Cows and Bulls, Cuckoo-Pint, Adam and Eve, Bobbins, Naked Boys, Starch-Root and Wake Robin