Gingersrus Database Taxon ID 7840Costus 'Red Lollipop'CURRENT NAME: Costus 'Red Lollipop' PROPOSED NAME: Costus 'Red Lollipop' NAME CHANGE NOTES: Form of Costus scaber FULL SCIENTIFIC NAME: STATUS : registered cultivar CONTINENT: Neotropical FIELD OBSERVATIONS:(If field observations are available, you can click on the link to open in a new window.) PHOTOS:(If photos are available, you can click on the link to open in a new window.) SYNONYMS: BOTANICAL NOTES: This cultivar name is registered but the description does not differentiate it from any other cultivar of the species Costus erythrothyrsus. CULTIVAR NAME: 'Red Lollipop' REFERENCE: Stokes Tropicals catalog. DESCRIPTION: Described in Stokes Catalog as follows: A fantastic new Costus that is compact (24"-30") that has numberous shiny-red 3" spikes on separate 1' basal stems. Sometimes cones are produced terminally on spiral stems. Plant blooms profusely at any time of year. Spikes retain color long after small orange flowers are gone.
|
|
|