Shade Gardening: This lovely bloom has been in my shade garden., 1 by cathy166

cathy166 wrote:
This beautiful bloom has been in the shade garden since we moved here in 2005. The huge leaf is just below it and is tightly wrapped like a cigar. The tips of the leaf are at the bottom, closest to the ground. When the leaf opens, it is huge and beautiful. It is in one of those great spots where the roots are so tight that it cannot be moved.

There are a lot of lovely plants in that garden, some obvious, some difficult to ID. Since it is a shade garden, all the blooms open early and are plain foliage by the end of June.

Does a shade aficianado have an idea what it is?