Remusatia vivipara Son La Physostegia a far cry from its

a far cry from its taller cousins

which resembles young palm leaves

which it does in midsummer when the white spathe and spadix are held just below the foliage

Imagine a wonderful fall-flowering Salvia leucantha that only reaches 2' tall

Remusatia vivipara Son La Physostegia a far cry from itsWe are pleased to once again offer our exceptional collection of the hitchhiker elephant ear, Remusatia vivipara, from near the northern Vietnam town of Son La where we found it growing in rocky, shaded slopes with Amorphophallus yunnanensis and Disporopsis longifolia. The large, often solitary elephant ear like, olive green leaves, which don't stick their heads above ground until mid June (NC) are backed with large purple blotches most prominent on