Re: Variegated Evansia
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- Subject: Re: Variegated Evansia
- From: B* S* <b*@tiger.hsc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 07:24:02 -0600 (MDT)
The variegated evansia is more likely to be I. japonica variegata, which is
in the trade now in the US, but mistakenly offerred by some mail order
nurseries as "I. tectorum variegatum." This species is marginally hardy
here in Zone 7b. It froze out this winter but both the normal and
variegated forms are coming back. In moist partial shade, it spreads very
quickly by means of long runners. I have had only a single bloom stalk on
it, three years ago after a very mild winter. It'susually the late freezes
that get it. However, it makes a good house plant and is said (by others)
to bloom freely under those conditions. I don't know about a chilling
requirement; it sounds logical.
I. japonica foliage looks like I. cristata but is several times larger. It
lacks the ribbing found on I. tectorum. The rhizomes are not fat and
greenish as in I. tectorum, but more slender and often at the ends of
runners.
Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
(804)223-6172
FAX (804)223-6374
email<bills@tiger.hsc.edu>
