Specialocasia vietnamensis Phat Chance Paraguay producing horizontal rosy red pitchers

producing horizontal rosy red pitchers

This massively stunning specimen is composed of wrist-sized 7' tall stalks

As the flower stalks of Helleborus x hybridus arise just above the evergreen foliage in late winter

so locate it so that it stays very dry during the winter months

Specialocasia vietnamensis Phat Chance Paraguay producing horizontal rosy red pitchersHere's another plant you've never heard of before! In 2005, we were driving through the restricted military region of North Vietnam, along the Southern China border, when we spotted what appeared to be an elephant ear hybrid growing in a wild patch of Leucocasia (Colocasia) gigantea. It would take us years to get a confirmation from Aroid expert Peter Boyce that, indeed, we had discovered the first ever documented hybrid between elephant ear genera