Pot Size: 1.5 litre Price: £15.00 Description: An evergreen species described as arising from thick tuberous rhizomes with yellow roots. With a dense membranous margined basal tuft, supporting the grass-like foliage 25-60cm long. Inflorescence held in panicle-like clusters on scapes to 10cm long, with slender bracts. The pendant flowers are white heavily spotted purple on the inner sides of the petals, so heavily that the colour is seen on the outside. From one of our seed collections gathered on the Dragon’s Tooth trail close to Fansipan northern Vietnam's highest mountain in 2011. Best grown in full to part shade in a humus rich but drained fertile soil.
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