Re: Unknown Plectranthus

Plectranthus ecklonii is the one that come to my mind in answer to the
request.  Mine is a quite dark purple and could be compared to 'Purple
Majesty' in color.  Sorry, I got it from a friend who has moved away, and I
don't know where she got it.  There are hordes of Plectranthuses
(Plectranthi?) floating around in Southern California, so I would try a
source there.  Cathy

> From: Richard Dufresne <salvia@direcway.com>
> Reply-To: salvia@direcway.com
> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:22:04 -0500 (EST)
> To: MEDIT-PLANTS@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: Re: Unknown Plectranthus
> 
> At 05:05 PM 1/22/2004 +0000, you wrote:
>> At the moment an unkown Plectranthus is flower in our garden. It has fairly
> big green leaves (upto 12cm long) and the long flower spikes are dark blue
> similair to Salvia 'Purple Majesty'.  Any suggestions?
>> Wim
> 
> Three Plectranthus with purple flowers come to mind, but all are more of the
> lavender range in color:
> 
> P. saccatus has large (1 inch) flowers with a prominent upper lip, but the
> leaves are too small
> 
> P. hilliardii has a showy spike of tubular flowers.  Leaves are larger than
> saccatus but still too small.
> 
> P. ecklonii has appropriate sized foliage with showy spikes of tubular
> flowers, but I would not describe them as having the same shade as Purple
> Majesty.  I've only seen the lavender colored form;  I know of a white and
> pink form, but no deep purple one.
> 
> If your plant has such deep colored flowers, I'd like to know where to get
> one for myself.
> 
> Richard F. Dufresne
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