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 Photo# 15698 Accession# R3163 Costus 'Moonluster' |
 Photo# 15699 Accession# R3163 Costus 'Moonluster' - showing the two parent plants for this hybrid |
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 Photo# 15702 Accession# R3163 Costus 'Moonluster' |
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 Photo# 15704 Accession# R3163 Costus 'Moonluster' |
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 Photo# 15707 Accession# R3163 Costus 'Moonluster' - cultivar registry photo at www.heliconia.org |
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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: 
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My very best hybrid, Costus 'Moonluster' came from a cross of Mark Collins' 'Belize Yellow' with the compact form of Costus guanaiensis in my collection. The result is a beautiful pale pinkish color with several flowers often open at the same time, contrasted agains the rosette of broad felty leaves. The plant grows to about 4 feet high keeping the flowers at eye level. It is really a magnificent plant.