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Gingersrus Database Taxon ID 7404

Costus vargasii 'Raspberry Yogurt'


OLD NAME: Costus vargasii 'Raspberry Yogurt'

NEW NAME: Costus vargasii 'Raspberry Yogurt'

NAME CHANGE NOTES: Cultivared form of Costus vargasii

FULL SCIENTIFIC NAME:

STATUS : registered cultivar

CONTINENT: Neotropical

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BOTANICAL NOTES:
July 2013 Facebook discussion on the group Planet Heliconia/Ginger: Bruce Dunstan reported that the plant that is called 'Raspberry Yogurt' was collected by Mark Collins and Alan Carle before 2000 along the Quincemil- Puerto Maldonado road. If so, that would mean that there is a wider distribution of that form of C. vargasii than I had previously assumed. See alsoPID# 3758 which contains a discussion of this.

Several times I have seen the 'Raspberry Yogurt' plant flowering terminally on a leafy stem instead of flowering at the base as is more normal.

HORTICULTURAL NOTES:
Costus 'Raspberry Yogurt' is a common plant in cultivation and is a form of C. vargasii that conforms with the species description by Paul Maas. Seeds of an identical plant were collected at Atalaya (R3257) but did not germinate. Clones of 'Raspberry Yogurt' were received from various sources under the following numbers: R2963, R3169, R3084, and R3083. This plant is rather easy to grow and bring to flower in containers or in the ground. R3084 has been vouchered at the UC Berkeley, Jepsen Herbarium, UC2045790.

ACCESSIONS:Click links (if any) to see details of individual collections. R2963- R3083- R3084- R3169-


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Costus vargasii 'Raspberry Yogurt'. <br>This is the cultivated form that was collected by Mark Collins and Alan Carle. - Click to see full sized image
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Costus vargasii 'Raspberry Yogurt'.
This is the cultivated form that was collected by Mark Collins and Alan Carle.