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 Photo# 11500 Accession# R0 Costus hybrid 'Green Mountain' at Fairchild Tropical Gardens, Miami, Florida mature inflo. |
 Photo# 11488 Accession# R1630 Costus hybrid 'Green Mountain' flower |
 Photo# 11489 Accession# R1630 Costus hybrid 'Green Mountain' new inflorescence |
 Photo# 11490 Accession# R1630 Costus hybrid 'Green Mountain' |
 Photo# 11491 Accession# R1630 Costus hybrid 'Green Mountain' |
 Photo# 11492 Accession# R1630 Costus hybrid 'Green Mountain' Note green tipped appendaged bracts |
 Photo# 11493 Accession# R1630 Costus hybrid 'Green Mountain' |
 Photo# 11494 Accession# R1630 Costus hybrid 'Green Mountain' |
 Photo# 11495 Accession# R1630 Costus hybrid 'Green Mountain' |
 Photo# 11496 Accession# R1630 Costus hybrid 'Green Mountain' flower |
 Photo# 11497 Accession# R1630 Costus hybrid 'Green Mountain' inflorescence |
 Photo# 11498 Accession# R1630 Costus hybrid 'Green Mountain' ligule |
 Photo# 11499 Accession# R1630 Costus hybrid 'Green Mountain' |
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PLANT FAMILY: Costaceae BOTANICAL NAME: Costus 'Green Mountain' FORMAL SCIENTIFIC NAME: STATUS : CONTINENT: Neotropical SYNONYMS: BOTANICAL NOTES: Description of specimen at Le Jardin Ombragé Height = 3 ft Sheath = 15 mm, purple at base turning green toward top, glabrous Ligule = 20-25 mm, single lobe, glabrous Petiole = 8 mm, glabrous Leaf = up to 30 cm long by 14 cm wide, medium green upper side, pale purple underside, apex shortly acuminate with acumen only 1-2 mm. Inflorescense = (from pictures) bracts are reddish colored with green appendages, flowers tubular like C. varzearum but reddish orange in color. From: "Tim Chapman" ACCESSION NOTES: Le Jardin Ombragé - NOTE: One of the parents of this hybrid has been incorrectly identified as C. curvibracteatus in the horticultural trade. This hybrid is actually a cross of Costus productus with Costus varzearum. Costus 'Green Mountain' - the only man-made hybrid Costus that is widely found in the horticultural trade. Foliage is similar to C. varzearum and flowers similar to C. curvibracteatus, except for green tips to the bracts. Tim Chapman bred this plant over 12 years ago. It is a very vigorous and easy plant to grow and propagate. The infl. lasts a very long time and blooms throughout the year much the same as the parent plant, C. productus. Tim Chapman told me he did NOT name this plant 'Green Mountain' and does not really like that name. GardenWeb - posting by Tim Chapman (lists@gingerwoodnursery.com) - Costus "Green Mountain" should have never been listed as C. curvibracteatus (in the catalogs, etc that have it). This is a hybrid I did a few years ago and I'm annoyed on how it has been listed. It is not from Costa Rica as some have listed!! Native to St. Gabriel, LA.. but anyway. It should either be listed as C. hybrid "Green Mountain" or C. curvibracteatus X C. varzearum "Green Mountain" Unfortunately it was put into tissue culture with the name C. curvibracteatus as well, so it will be a long time to fix this mistake. Theres more to the story of course, but I'll stick to the naming issue. GINGERSRUS CATALOG LISTING: 
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Costus 'Green Mountain' is one of the few true hybrids of the spiral gingers that is widely cultivated. It was bred by Tim Chapman from Costus productus and Costus varzearum, and shares characteristics from both. The foliage is dark green and quite tropical looking. It grows to about 4 ft. tall in filtered shade to part sun. (BTW, Tim told me he does not really like that name "Green Mountain", but had not named it when he gave the hybrid to Stokes Tropicals.)