BUY THIS PLANT from Gingers R Us (opens in new window). PLANT FAMILY: Costaceae BOTANICAL NAME: Costus 'Moonluster' FORMAL SCIENTIFIC NAME: STATUS : CONTINENT: Neotropical SYNONYMS: BOTANICAL NOTES: This is a hybrid I created in 2007 crossing Costus 'Belize Yellow' with the compact form of Costus guanaiensis ('Sweet Charlotte'). Here is the cultivar description: Hybrid with the compact size and spreading shape of 'Sweet Charlotte' and the non-appendaged bracts and tubular flowers from 'Belize Yellow'. Stems and ligules are glabrous, leaves are slightly puberulous. Bracts are non-appendaged, dark red with green and yellow hi-lites, flowers are a unique deep coral color. Cultivar Registry Photo at http://www.gingersrus.com/Registry/Costus_Moonluster.jpg GINGERSRUS CATALOG LISTING: ![]() ![]() ![]() |