Tropicals & Tender Perennials: What's Blooming Now..., 1 by Clare_CA

Clare_CA wrote:
This is one of Florida Colors's new releases called 'Tex Huestis.' Luc gave me some background about the name:

"Tex Huestis is a seedling of Aztec Gold. The pollen parent is unknown. The light fuzz on the young leaves clearly show the female parentage of Aztec Gold. We had several good seedlings from that seedpod. They are in observation at the stud farm.

"Tex Huestis was a young 15 years old texan that signed up with the Marines soon after Pearl Harbor. His most famous exploit beside beind demoted several times from sargent was to land on Iwo Jima with his Navajo buddy 30 days prior to the main landing in early 1945. They spend the days in coconut trees and the night killing Japanese officers with piano wires. Silent and deadly. He survived the war and Carol married his older son. The son did not survive the Vietnam conflict. A little background about a name."

Luc
FCN