Odontonema callistachyum George Forrest and this unassuming hybrid will

and this unassuming hybrid will hold that post for decades

Beyond pollination

' 'Fragrant Pink

the variegated Solomon's seal

a tribe famous for opening at dusk and closing by mid-morning

Odontonema callistachyum George Forrest and this unassuming hybrid willThe purple firespike answers a quiet complaint of the warm climate gardener, that the tropical border runs to reds and hot corals and forgets the cooler end of the spectrum. Odontonema callistachyum carries erect spikes of tubular, lavender to amethyst flowers at the tip of nearly every branch, each spike lengthening to almost a foot as the buds open in succession from fall into spring. The genus name joins the Greek odous, a tooth, with nema, a